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Hosted by Ruchita Bansal · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 43 episodes
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Cities often fail people not by accident, but by design. The Human City explores how governance, finance, mobility, and urban design shape our everyday lives — and what happens when we start designing cities for everyone, not just the powerful few. Hosted by Ruchita Bansal, an urban planner with 15+ years of experience leading city transformations in India, this podcast brings global voices and honest conversations on how to make cities safer, inclusive, and truly human.
Ruchita Bansal hosts The Human City, a society show with 43 episodes published.
About the Episode What if the biggest problem with our cities isn't that we don't know how to build them but that we don't know how to make them feel alive? In this episode of The Human City Podcast, I speak with Charles
About the Episode Why do Indian cities feel so chaotic while cities like Tokyo seem to work effortlessly?In this episode of The Human City Podcast, I speak with Professor Edward Glaeser, one of the world's leading urban
About the EpisodeWhy do Indian cities keep repeating the same mistakes?Despite decades of policies, billions spent on infrastructure, and one of the world's fastest-growing metro networks, our cities continue to struggle
About the Episode Every year, thousands of people lose their lives in fire incidents across India. Yet despite detailed regulations, fire NOCs, and modern buildings, fires continue to occur in homes, malls, hospitals, of
About the Guest: Helle Søholt is the former CEO and co-founder of Gehl architects, the internationally renowned urban design and strategy firm founded alongside Professor Jan Gehl. She has spent nearly 30 years advising
About the Guest: Joe Berridge is an internationally recognized urban strategist, city planner, and co-founder of Urban Strategies, a global urban design and planning consultancy based in Toronto.Over the last four decade
Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 The Evolution of Urban Transport in Bangalore 04:51 Challenges in Public Transport Planning 06:27 Coordination and Governance in Urban Transport 07:33 The Impact of Urbanization on Traf
Chapters: 00:00 The Urban Transport Dilemma in India01:03 Urban Transport Shift in last two decades03:04 Implementation Challenges: Theory vs. Reality04:44 Capacity Building and Rapid Urbanization07:18 Project vs. System
About the Episode: Have you ever walked down a street and felt like you were constantly in the way? Like the footpath just... ends? Or the sidewalk looks great on paper but leaves you with barely 90 centimetres to actual
About the Episode: Why do Indian streets feel so dangerous?It's not bad luck. It's not culture. It's design.In this episode I speak with Jullietta Jung — urban mobility strategist, former project lead at the Global Desig
What if traffic isn’t the real problem?For decades, cities have been designed to keep vehicles moving—not to help people live better lives. In this episode of The Human City Podcast, we unpack why our transport systems f
About the Episode: What does it actually take to take space away from cars — and give it back to people?In this episode of The Human City Podcast, I sit down with Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá — the city that
About the Episode: What does it actually mean to build a city for people, not around them?In this episode of The Human City Podcast, I sit down with Amanda O'Rourke, Executive Director of 8 80 Cities — the organisation b
About the Episode: After 40 years leading India's biggest urban missions—JNNURM, Smart Cities, AMRUT, metro projects, and the transformation of Ayodhya and Banaras—Durga Shankar Mishra has seen it all from the inside.His
About the Episode: Cities don't expand randomly—they expand based on incentives, power, and neglect. And when cities appear out of control, it usually means someone else is controlling the outcome.In this provocative con
About the Episode: Indian cities are growing fast but are they safe and designed for children?In this episode of The Human City, Ruchita Bansal speaks with Tim Gill, global expert on child-friendly cities, urban mobility
About the Episode: Can cities be redesigned so everything you need — schools, shops, parks, healthcare — is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride? Carlos Moreno, creator of the 15-minute city concept, joins Ruchita Bansal
About the Episode: Why do we treat density like it's a problem instead of a solution? Architect and urban designer Naama Blonder is here to challenge everything you think you know about how cities should grow.In this epi
About the Episode: Why do our cities feel like they weren't built for us? Because they literally weren't.Join Ruchita Bansal in conversation with mobility expert Marianne Weinreich as she reveals how transport systems we
About the Episode: Pakistan: 60 years, ZERO recessions. India vs Pakistan growth rates? Identical. Economist Matthew McCartney reveals data that challenges everything you think you know about South Asian development.WHAT
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