Government's role for positive economic vibes - Remco Deelstra (378I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the economic importance of mid-sized cities? What do you think about the European Union of Cities? How can governments leave cities evolve while only creating the atmosphere allowing that evolution? Trailer for episode 378 - interview with Remco Deelstra, Strategic Housing Advisor for the Municipality of Leeuwarden. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, positive economic vibes, knowing when to act, and many more.Find out more in the episode.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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Courage to investigate how a city should/could function - Remco Deelstra (378I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the economic importance of mid-sized cities? What do you think about the European Union of Cities? How can governments leave cities evolve while only creating the atmosphere allowing that evolution? Trailer for episode 378 - interview with Remco Deelstra, Strategic Housing Advisor for the Municipality of Leeuwarden. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, positive economic vibes, knowing when to act, and many more.Find out more in the episode.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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376R_Jocelyn Chiew, strategic and urban designer
"The city is a place to discover the world ... a global or a universal experience rooted in place."Are you interested in resilience of all lifeforms? What do you think about an urban vision which leads accountability and hope? How can we create better storytelling focused on problem solving for better futures? Interview with Jocelyn Chiew, strategic and urban designer. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, affordable housing, resilience, leadership, belonging, and many more. Jocelyn Chiew is an architect, landscape architect and expert in place planning and design. Her eponymous consultancy provides strategic design services to government, industry, education and private sectors; helping clients define, roadmap and deliver place transformation, in partnership with diverse stakeholders. Jocelyn has held high profile leadership positions, including Director City Design at City of Melbourne, Manager Campus Design and Planning at Monash University and National Councillor at the Australian Institute of Architects. She has championed design for the public good at major global forums including the International Congress of Architects, and advised significant development proposals, design competitions and university boards. As a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Jocelyn brings dual expertise to complex urban challenges, and is a committed advocate for design excellence and inclusive design.Find out more about Jocelyn through these links:Jocelyn Chiew on LinkedInJocelyn Chiew website@jocelynchiew_ as Jocelyn Chiew on InstagramConnecting episodes you might be interested in:No.222 - Interview with Adam Dorr about the misconceptions and disaster reporting from IPCCNo.326 - Interview with Sarah Bridges about public transportNo.340 - Interview with Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin about the city as a learning machineNo.370 - Interview with Vít Jedlicka about new governance models with more opportunity for individual leadershipNo.375R - Positive visions for guiding urban transformations toward sustainable futuresWhat was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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Leadership and the culture to encourage it - Jocelyn Chiew (376I trailer 3)
Are you interested in resilience of all lifeforms? What do you think about an urban vision which leads accountability and hope? How can we create better storytelling focused on problem solving for better futures? Trailer for episode 376 - interview with Jocelyn Chiew, strategic and urban designer. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, affordable housing, resilience, leadership, belonging, and many more. Find out more in the episode.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Are you interested in positive urban visioning? Debate of the article titled Positive visions for guiding urban transformations toward sustainable futures from 2016, by Timon McPhearson, David M Iwaniec, and Xuemei Bai, published in the Current Opinion on Environmental Sustainability journal.This is a great preparation to our next interview with Jocelyn Chiew in episode 376 talking about the importance of creating visions for our urban environments to guide our actions. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how establishing desirable scenarios can effectively direct decision-making instead of fearmongering. This article promotes linking positive visioning processes with on-the-ground action through participatory and systemic approaches for true urban transformations.Find the article through this link.Abstract: Much of the discourse around urban and global futures tends to be dystopian with visions of environmental and societal collapse, and business as usual forecasts that challenge planning and policymaking for more optimistic urban futures. More recently, research and practice demonstrate the role of positives visions that allow exploration of alternative and desirable futures in developing positive plans and delivering desirable outcomes for cities. We review the role of positive visioning and associated future scenarios for transformations that can guide decision-making for plausible, desirable, and sustainable urban futures. We discuss key challenges and tensions in visioning processes and suggest paths forward for positive visioning as a key tool for resilience and sustainability planning and to guide implementation.Connecting episodes you might be interested in:No.109R - How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planningNo.370 - Interview with Vít Jedlicka about an ambitious urban future production in LiberlandYou can find the transcript through this link.What was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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