1. Updates
Late August
Many updates this fortnight! We have three brand new reads for you, from the Oxford Urbanists.
As we mentioned in the last newsletter the month's focus is:
Urban Waste Management - check out our introduction to it!
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We have two new Oxford Urbanist Magazine publications for you this week:
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As always, please do send in your pictures and work - we'd love to feature them in our newsletter. Head over to Facebook, Twitter, and our website pages for more updates.
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2. Urbanist News around the World
- Knowing the 21st Century City (PEAKUrban)
- Michael Keith, director of PEAKUrban, an OU Partner, introduces the PEAK Urban partnership and research programme.
- The First Global City (aeon)
- The story of the city of Potosí, which traded silver from the Andes for people and goods from Burma to Baghdad. Fascinating urban history.
- Ethiopia’s Economy Is Booming, but at What Cost? (The Atlantic)
- A dam built with Chinese money stopped the Omo River from flooding, altering the lives of more than half a million people.
- In Conversation: Dialogue on Andreza A. de Souza Santos’ “Trading time and space” (Oxford Urbanists)
- An exciting debate between two academics over participatory urban governance in Latin America
- Surveys and the City: Three Challenges to Quality Data Collection in Urban Areas (Dr. Alexandra Panman)
- Addresses the steps we can take, during design, implementation, and analysis, to ameliorate the challenges of measurement, missing people, and money in urban data collection.
- How ‘Developer’ Became Such a Dirty Word (NY Times)
- The demonisation of a group of people we need to deal with pressing housing shortages.
- Future of Streets: Los Angeles studio (City Form Harvard)
- Students from Harvard's School of Design put forward ideas to maximize multi-modal, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable streets.
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3. Events
Events in Oxford
Monday 18 November
‘I Built this House on my Back’: A Historical Perspective on Care and Property in East Africa
- Speaker: Professor Ambreena Manji
- Details: Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, OX1 3UQ. 16:30
Events in the UK
24 October
We The Young Strong
- (Film screening and panel discussion)
- Details: Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London. 19:00 - 21:30.
6 November
Freight in the City Expo 2019
- Please see link for further details
- Details: Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY. 9:00 - 17:00.
Events around the World
31st August - 28th September
Festival 'no conocí el Palma’ 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Barranquilla, Colombia.
- More information also available here.
3 - 4 September
BRIDGE for Cities 4.0: Connecting cities through the new industrial revolution
- Please see link for full details
- Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria
3 - 5 September
Climate proofing urban development
- Please see link for full details
- Dortmund, Germany
1 October
Micromobility Europe
- Please see link for full details
- Berlin, Germany
2 - 4 October
CIVITAS Forum 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Graz, Austria
7 - 10 October
European Week of Regions and Cities
- Please see link for full details
- Brussels, Belgium
8 October
'Speed-dating' session for cities
- Please see link for full details
- Building SQUARE - Brussels Convention Centre, (Room Hall 400), Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels
9 - 13 October
Beyond the Metropolis (55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress)
- Please see link for full details
- Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia
15 - 17 October
Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 7
Largest and most diverse Urban Forum in Asia Pacific
- Please see link for full details
- Penang, Malaysia
11 - 15 November
UCLG Congress
World summit of local and regional leaders
- Please see here and here for further details
- Durban, South Africa
5 - 9 July 2020
World Cities Summit 2020
- Please see link for full details
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4. Opportunities
Policy & Programme Manager
PEAKUrban, Oxford Martin Programme on Informal Cities
Deadline 29th August
Apply Here
Call for blog pieces
Young Academics of the Association of the European Schools of Planning
Up to a 1000 words blog on a wide selection of topics.
More information here.
Call for exhibitors and sponsors
IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2020
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is the global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle. They are currently seeking exhibitors and sponsors. Book your exhibiting booth by 1 October 2019 for a 10% discount.
Find out more here and here.
Call for Papers
Urb-Iot
The goal of the conference is to solicit original and inspiring research contributions from technology experts, designers, researchers, urban planners, and architects in academia and industry. Bringing together practitioners and researchers to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices, Urb-IoT 2019 seeks multi-disciplinary contributions in the areas of Citizen Engagement, Urban Analytics, and IoT Applications and Services in Urban Context. Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2019
Find more information here.
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As always, don't hesitate to reach out with ideas and opportunities to share with the greater Urbanist community. Have a great week!
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