Part one in a series providing an overlook of the accomplishments and ideals of the various chapters of Civic Commons. Their definition of sustainability might be a bit ‘minimal’ but it’s a great vision for cities nonetheless.
Following all the challenges and experiments cities have gone through over the last two years, the team at NewCities launched a survey to understand how their community of urban practitioners “perceived the greatest challenges ahead and how to prioritize action.” They focused more specifically on five areas of concern; housing, climate, wellbeing, mobility, and equity.” In this overview article, they present some of the results and conclusions. Unsurprisingly, one of the main insights of the survey is that all the challenges and potential solutions are interconnected.
The Futures Centre held an event as part of their The City in 2040 series at Cardiff University, in this look at how we might Govern the city of the future, they consider some of the challenges of the coming decades.
A growing number of cities are trying to transform from concrete jungles into urban forests, but few experience the level of success their citizens might have hoped for.
Excellent article at Branch magazine by Renata Avila and Guy Weress, proposing a bold vision for city data commons against the enclosure of citizen data.
