Hosted by Fanni Melles · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 650 episodes
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Fanni Melles hosts What is The Future for Cities?, a science show with 650 episodes published.
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? T
Are you interested in the opportunities within water reuse? Debate of the article titled Water reuse: A comprehensive review from 2024, by Fivos Florides, Maria Giannakoudi, Giorgos Ioannou, Despoina Lazaridou, Elissavet
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? T
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? T
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant
"The mobility revolution is not just a tech story, it really is a city redesign story." Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-min
Are you interested in the effects of autonomous vehicles on the urban fabric? Our debate today works with the article titled How autonomous vehicles can affect anomalies of urban transportation from 2025, by Francesco Fi
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant
"We are just the process of the universe becoming more complex." Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the bes
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regen
Are you interested in how to regenerate urban ecosystem services? Our debate today works with the article titled Biodiver_Cities: An exploration of how architecture and urban design can regenerate ecosystem services from
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regen
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regen
"The future is very much embedded and designed in local realities." Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces?
Are you interested in the governance of urban informal settlements? Our debate today works with the article titled Governance of urban informal settlements in Africa: A scoping review from 2025, by Behailu Mulate Ewnetu
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces?
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces?
"One of the encouraging things for me that I'm seeing is that the role of planners and what they're doing in the strategic decisions they're making is now greatly overlapped with economic developers." Are you interested
Ben Wolf
cinematographer and director of the documentary Changing Lanes · Wolf's Edge Integrators
5 appearances on this show
Josh Dorfman
climate entrepreneur and media strategist · American Wire Group
4 appearances on this show
Casey Handmer
CEO · Terraform Industries
4 appearances on this show
Jasper Steinhausen
founder of Business with Impact · Business With Impact
4 appearances on this show
Alexander Josephson
architect, lecturer at University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, co-founder of PARTISANS · Partisans
1 appearance on this show
Jeff Siegler
author of Your City is Sick · Revitalize, or Die
3 appearances on this show
Allan Savory
3 appearances on this show
Robin Hanson
associate professor of economics · George Mason University
4 appearances on this show
Niklas Anzinger
founder and General Partner · Infinita City
4 appearances on this show
Carolyn Whitzman
Adjunct Professor and Housing Researcher at the University of Toronto School of Cities · University of Toronto’s School of Cities
4 appearances on this show
Adam Miller
General Manager for the Dignity Health Arena, Theater & Convention Center · Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
3 appearances on this show
Ryan Short
author of ‘The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place’ and co-founder of CivicBrand · Civic Brand
3 appearances on this show
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