Perspectives on the urban system
How to use the SDGs
Urban planners: use economics!
Urban spatial planning
This interview with Tom Lindsay explores the Accelerating Action tool, which has been developed to help people work out how to apply the SDGs to their initiatives...
Urban spatial planning
Urban planners: use economics!
Urban spatial planning
This discussion with Aya Hammad of UN-Habitat Jordan provides an insight into urban spatial planning in Jordan and how it links to the SDGs...
Urban planners: use economics!
Urban planners: use economics!
Urban planners: use economics!
This interview with Alain Bertaud explores how urban economics can and should be used to a greater extent than it is today by urban planners and municipal teams...
Urban air quality
Improving urban design
Urban planners: use economics!
This discussion with Ana Prados focuses on air quality, and what can be done around the world to improve it in urban environments...
Improving urban design
Improving urban design
Improving urban design
Professor John Orr discusses getting smarter with the design of the urban built environment, linked to climate adaptation...
Urban projects & initiatives
The Camden Highline (London)
The Camden Highline (London)
The Camden Highline (London)
Simon Pitkeathley and Roisin Morrison of the Camden Highline discuss rejuvenating the old elevated railway line area through a cooperative partnership, for citizen benefit...
Energy House 2.0
The Camden Highline (London)
The Camden Highline (London)
This interview with Richard Fitton reviews the Energy House 2.0 initiative, a collaborative effort to improve the energy efficiency of homes...
UNDP in Yerevan (Armenia)
The Camden Highline (London)
London Climate Action Week
This interview with Elen Sahradyan of UNDP Armenia explores how Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is using The Doughnut Model and a smart cities approach to projects...
London Climate Action Week
London Climate Action Week
London Climate Action Week
This interview with the London Climate Action Week team reviews their climate initiative, and learnings for other cities and towns...
Daring Cities
London Climate Action Week
Daring Cities
This interview with the team at Daring Cities will discuss the activities of this initiative to take action on the climate emergency...
Urban resilience, disaster risk & climate change
Avoiding disasters
Disaster resilience scorecards
UNDP Disaster Risk in Armenia
Ilan Kelman of UCL describes the challenges and opportunities in urban resilience, and actions that cities and towns should take to avoid disasters...
UNDP Disaster Risk in Armenia
Disaster resilience scorecards
UNDP Disaster Risk in Armenia
This interview with Armen Chilingaryan of UNDP Armenia discusses the work taking place to strengthen disaster risk capacity and resilience in Armenia...
Disaster resilience scorecards
Disaster resilience scorecards
Disaster resilience scorecards
Peter Williams of ARISE-US and Ben Reynolds of Belmont University discuss the UNDRR / MCR2030 disaster resilience scorecard for cities and action guide...
Disaster risk & structures
Urban resilience & disaster risk
Disaster resilience scorecards
This interview with Michel Bruneau of the University of Buffalo and author of The Blessings of Disaster discusses disaster-resilient design of urban environments...
Climate adaptation
Urban resilience & disaster risk
Urban resilience & disaster risk
This interview with SVRK Prabhakar of IGES discusses the challenges to making climate adaptation work globally, and the need to agree to common targets and goals...
Urban resilience & disaster risk
Urban resilience & disaster risk
Urban resilience & disaster risk
This interview with Rajeev Issar of UNDP covers some of the latest thinking around policy work to improve urban resilience around the world...
Views on cities & towns
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
This interview with Chris Corless, a Perth resident, explores aspects of this city from a citizen's perspective...
Thoughts on Santiago (Chile)
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
This interview with Norm Gridley, a Santiago resident, explores aspects of this city from a citizen's perspective...
Thoughts on Singapore
Thoughts on Perth (Australia)
Thoughts on Singapore
This interview will explore how the city state of Singapore, has grown and prospered since it became a sovereign state in August 1965...