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Petro-urbanisms: Urban futures on the oil frontier. London, 8 July 2014
Posted on: 25 September 2014
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The Urban Uncertainty workshop series is an integral part of LSE Cities’ collaborative investigation into emerging ways of envisioning and governing the future of cities. Each session focuses on a different dimension of urban uncertainty. This session aimed to investigate how uncertainty mediates unfolding urbanisation across and beyond oil regions, the politics of these material transformations and the ways that imaginaries, responses and contestations of the urban future can be understood as deeply entwined with global infrastructures of oil. A summary of the event is available online.
A manifesto for a more prosperous urban Britain
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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The Centre for Cities think tank has launched its 2015 General Election ‘Urban Nation’ Manifesto, aimed at providing a practical vision for building a stronger UK national economy based on more powerful, better-resourced cities. At its heart, the Manifesto calls for the establishment of a Cities and Prosperity Act in the first year of the new Parliament, if not before, which will seek to overcome the barriers currently holding back UK cities from realising their potential. The Act would introduce a presumption in favour of devolution, and legislate to enable governance, finance, skills, housing and transport reforms, as the five most critical levers to drive growth and renewal in UK cities.
Where to next for UK smart cities?
Posted on: 18 September 2014
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This blog presents a round-up from the inaugural All Parliamentary Party Group on Smart Cities.
Future Cities Catapult
Posted on: 18 September 2014
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Future Cities Catapult has launched a monthly newsletter, available by email, providing news, current opportunities to work with the Catapult, upcoming events and job openings. The Future Cities Catapult provides a global centre of excellence on urban innovation. A place where cities, businesses and universities come together to develop solutions to the future needs of our cities.
What are future cities? Origins, meanings and uses
Posted on: 5 September 2014
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This paper, produced by the Future Cities Catapult, reviews the origins, definitions and uses of the phrase ‘future cities’, and related terms like ‘smart cities’ or ‘sustainable cities’. It examines how different communities have interpreted ‘future cities’, including: citizens; governments; corporations; and academic institutions. Finally it considers how the way we speak about cities can affect how they are being designed and built.
How can the UK innovate for the world’s cities
Posted on: 4 September 2014
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This is the first research publication from the Future Cities Catapult, in partnership with UKTI . This and further publications will help businesses, city leaders, innovators and citizens, to understand the opportunities that the future can hold for all of us.
Why haven’t China’s cities learned from America’s mistakes?
Posted on: 28 August 2014
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This article from the Guardian newspaper reports on how China’s leaders have imported town planning ideas from the United States, and how replicating the American residential idyll has come with “unexpected headaches”.
How can we transcend slum urbanism in Africa?
Posted on: 27 August 2014
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In this lecture, Edgar Pieterse from the University of Cape Town argues that data about economic incorporation into the labour market and living conditions demonstrate that the majority of African urban dwellers live in conditions of vulnerability, and that economic insecurity reinforces slum living and makes it difficult for states to access sufficient tax revenues to address a variety of urban pressures. Pieterse poses the question: “if we acknowledge this tough reality, how can we formulate policy agendas that can break this cycle of exclusion and injustice?” The lecture provides a macro framework to develop alternative modalities of urban management and governance rooted in ethical values and practical experiences.
Africa and urbanization: Re-imagining Africa’s realities
Posted on: 27 August 2014
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Recently the Daily Maverick, a South African newspaper, has published a number of pieces speaking to some of the consequences of urbanisation that often go overlooked by the public. In particular, two articles have risen key insights about service delivery and access in the face of large-scale urbanisation.
Connected cities: the link to growth
Posted on: 22 August 2014
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This report is based on evidence received and research undertaken by the City Growth Commission. It offers a bold alternative solution to the current inefficient centralised model. It does not presuppose that city-level investment and decision making is always best, but instead aims to demonstrate the benefits that can exist in a metro-driven, systems-based approach to infrastructure and connectivity.
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