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Interviews & Perspectives

A great deal of knowledge and expertise exists to make positive changes around the world.

This section contains interviews with people who have generously given their time to discuss aspects of the world's urban challenges and needs. It will be added to over time.

1. Perspectives on the urban system

2. Urban projects & initiatives

3. Climate change & disaster risk

4. Views on cities & towns


You can access Urban 2.0 interviews on the Urban 2.0 website.

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Urban projects & initiatives

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...

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Energy House 2.0

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...

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UNDP in Yerevan (Armenia)

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...

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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...

Coming soon...

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... 

Coming soon...

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...

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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... 

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Coming soon...

Interviews list

1-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_TL-AA-SDGs_Mar23 (pdf)Download
2-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UN-H_AH_SP_Feb23 (pdf)Download
3-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_AB-UR_Mar23 (pdf)Download
4-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_IK_DRR_Mar23 (pdf)Download
5-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_London_TCH_SP_Mar23 (pdf)Download
6-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UF-Perth_Feb23 (pdf)Download
7-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UF-Santiago_Mar23 (pdf)Download
8-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UF-Yerevan-Armenia-DRR_May23 (pdf)Download
9-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_EnergyHouse20_RF_Mar23 (pdf)Download
10-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_AP_AQUE_June23 (pdf)Download
11-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UF-Yerevan_Apr23 (pdf)Download
12-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_JO_May23 (pdf)Download
14-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_SVRKP_June23 (pdf)Download
15-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_MB_Sept23 (pdf)Download
16-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_Cities-scorecard-Sept23 (pdf)Download
17-SUREDIS-Cities_Interview_UNDP_RI_Mar2024 (pdf)Download

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