What is The Future for Cities?

Updated: 04 Jun 2025 • 420 episodes
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WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.

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"There seems to be an innate optimism that you have to have as a planner. Why else would you come to a profession where you're trying to look forward?" Are you interested in the innate optimism planners have? What do you think about language as technology? How can we learn from the past for better urban futures? Interv

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Our summary today works with the article titled Artificial intelligence and the local government: A five-decade scientometric analysis on the evolution, state-of-the-art, and emerging trends from 2024, by Tan Yigitcanlar, Sajani Senadheera, Raveena Marasinghe, Simon Elias Bibri, Thomas Sanchez, Federico Cugurullo, and

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Are you interested in the innate optimism planners have? What do you think about language as technology? How can we learn from the past for better urban futures? Trailer for episode 330 - interview with Thomas W. Sanchez, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. We will talk about his vision for the futu

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"So that audacity to reach for the skies has been built into us ever since life reached the land." Are you interested in technological innovation like writing? What do you think about cities as the guiding light for humanity? How can we utilise technology while still planning with community in mind? Interview with Howa

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Are you interested in urban evolution across time? Our summary today works with the article titled Cities through the ages: One thing or many? from 2019, by Michael E. Smith and José Lobo, published in the Frontiers in Digital Humanities journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Howard Bloom in ep

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Are you interested in technological innovation like writing? What do you think about cities as the guiding light for humanity? How can we utilise technology while still planning with community in mind? Trailer for episode 328 - interview with Howard Bloom, author and founder of the Howard Bloom Institute. We will talk

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