To the incoming administration: here are a few notable opportunities for policy action in the next four years.
Read MoreThis brief article presents policy ideas from cities in emerging economies which have the potential to “build back better”. Considering the three strategic sectors of renewables (heating/cooling, power, transportation), we explore case studies to show policymakers from the Global South how they can go for renewables now.
Read MoreAs holiday cases surge, this article will cover Montreal, Ecatepec de Morelos, and Los Angeles to complete the set of cities introduced in the series opener.
Read MoreAlthough, of course, there is no easy recipe for policymaking, the mistakes and achievements of Adote Um Casarão might provide valuable lessons for overcoming institutional difficulties in developing areas.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has now breached 50 million cases, and resulted in over 10 million deaths. To better understand how COVID-19 has affected urban welfare in North America, a city-by-city public service lens will focus on homelessness and tourism in the countries' most frequently visited cities: Toronto, Guadalajara, and New York City.
Read MoreIt remains to be seen how long it will take to achieve a replacement for New Zealand’s planning framework. One can only hope it is enough time to avoid recreating the errors inherent to it.
Read MoreThis launch article focuses on the presentation of digestible data as a reference for additional stories in the series. Our goal is to explore the nuances behind North American cities’ condition and response to the pandemic by using their capitals as a benchmark.
Read MoreWhile all political parties agree New Zealand’s central planning policy will and should be repealed, there is little evidence that politicians understand the issues that must be resolved before a replacement can be successfully fashioned.
Read MoreThe dominant discourse of COVID 19 and cities seems to be built around a singular narrative, assuming the crisis has been more or less the same for different places with few variations. Yet this discourse fails to consider other street lives and urban cultures which exist in large parts of the world, and the most vulnerable populations, who are dealing with the hardest aspects of the pandemic. This article examines the lived experiences of women, and residents of the Global South.
Read MoreRebuilding will continue into the future, but requires commitment across levels of government to ensure scorched-earth urbanism, which is responsive to Australia’s long-term wellbeing. These initial years of disaster recovery must embed resilience into communities while ensuring cities are not exacerbating the factors that led to their destruction.
Read MoreOceania as a continent has been somewhat absent in the discussion on urban development issues. We are interested in closng this gap, voicing nations and territories of the Pacific on climate change, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, recent impacts of COVID-19 and much more.
Read Moreit is time to refocus on ‘hyperlocal’ neighbourhoods; where technology helps to build vital social capital — the ties that provide mutual support in times of need.
Read MoreFrom the September fires to the third greatest explosion in human history, Oxford Urbanists traces the crises that have plagued ‘The Paris of the Middle East’ in the last twelve months.
Read MoreSpread over 2.4 square kilometers, Dharavi is one of the most densely-populated areas of India. With single-story and low-rise informal tenements lined along its labyrinthine bylanes, it houses over 850,000 people. So once it arrived in Dharavi, the virus instantly spun out of control.
Read More"Whether or not people have the right to have access to sanitation is one of the factors that ensures greater or lesser protection against the virus.”
Read MoreWe can regulate the tech sector in such a way that it must genuinely listen to and serve local communities. That way tech would play one part of a larger effort to address root causes, instead of a status quo which squeezes marginalized folks out of the process of finding solutions to the problems that are reaching a breaking point in cities around the world today.
Read MoreNot to spoil the reopening party (masks optional), but if we’re going to learn anything about what the next few months or years may look like, it appears essential to question what reopening means now and in the future.
Read MoreLike a living organism, cities have grown, expanded and developed according to their historical context. As history unravelled, so they changed, portraying the feelings and ideologies of the time. In the most recent history, we can look back at the two World Wars as prime examples of the relationship between history and urban development, as they affected citizens and intellectuals alike, leading to pivotal changes in all fields, namely urban planning and development.
Read MoreNow we’re living through another era-defining crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic. And it, too, will define what our cities will look like in the years ahead. So what exactly will change? In this new Oxford Urbanist series — entitled ‘The Post-COVID-19 Urban Futures’ project — we want to hear from contributors about the future for urban development after COVID-19.
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