“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” In 2013, Henk Ovink and I were Acting Director Generals at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the… Read more ›
“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” In today’s society there are innumerable problems and systems that are in need of repair or modification.… Read more ›
“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” Making is empowerment. Often the “maker movement” is thought of as people who simply make things. But… Read more ›
“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” For too long, the form of our cities has been dictated by finance, and not by vision. … Read more ›
“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” One of the biggest challenges facing cities now that many are growing in population again, is how… Read more ›
Tim West is a hacker: a civic hacker; a culture hacker; and a food systems hacker. His latest project is the design of a new restaurant concept that is nothing less than a Copernican inversion on how we conceptualize our… Read more ›
In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development? “The demise of U.S. manufacturing dooms the country not just intellectually, but creatively, because innovation is tied… Read more ›
“In 2014, what will be the most important MOVEMENT, PROJECT, or PERSON making a global impact on sustainable urban policy and community development?” The Internet of Things (IoT) is the intelligent connectivity of smart devices, expected to drive massive gains… Read more ›
Greg Delaune is CEO and cofounder of UIX Global. He is an architect, urban planner, and economic development specialist with 15 years of international applied research, teaching, and consulting experience, including community development work in the Middle East, the United… Read more ›
(This post is a response to a group blogging event organized by Meeting of the Minds and Tumml.) How is technology impacting social and economic divisions in cities? Fundamentally, new tools and technologies reinforce existing behaviors and tendencies. A group… Read more ›
