1. Updates
September Begins
September brings many things, one of them is a new Communications and Outreach Director. Familiar face, Renata Carvalho (responsible for the beloved Monthly Focuses) moves into this position, whilst Aman Gupta who held it prior now leads the Partnerships team - as Zoë Johnson leaves the everyday work of the Urbanists. Similarly, over the summer Gus Greenstein left his position as Editor-in-Chief, and is replaced by the amazingly experienced Edward Steane.
This month's Monthly Focus has been Urban Waste Management, check out our focus articles:
This month we're seeking a new Partnerships Development Officer - join us!
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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
- How Will Tomorrow's Silicon Valley Leapfrog Today's Talent and Investment Hotspots? (Voice on Growth)
- For emerging megacities, the model of Silicon Valley may be a potent aspirational strategy, but in each case, they must prove themselves as places to live—today and tomorrow.
- Spatial Equity and Fare Integration (Christof Rindlisbacher)
- An analysis of the LA transit system and fare differences, sent in by one of our followers!
- The contribution of urban design to the built environment in Europe (Oxford Urbanists)
- Ryser considers and identifies new ways that urban planning and design can help achieve sustainable urban development, through issues of ICT, public participation, and climate change.
- Joko Widodo names Borneo site for new Indonesian capital (FT)
- Indonesia moves its capital city - much more to come on that I'm sure. What does moving capitals entail in the modern world?
- 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.
- Underground line to heat up London homes during winter (Guardian Cities)
- Read more about a scheme to pipe ‘waste heat’ from the tube into hundreds of Islington homes and businesses, in London.
- Surveys and the City: Three Challenges to Quality Data Collection in Urban Areas (Oxford Urbanists)
- 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.
- Bringing Town Planning to the Future (Centre for Liveable Cities)
- Professor Daseking talks about key planning strategies that are oriented towards public transportation, decentralised urban development and cities of short distances. Bringing expertise from Freiburg, Germany - a shining example.
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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
9 September
In Conversation with UN-Habitat: Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif
- Speaker: Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Executive Director, UN-Habitat)
- Details: Foster Court 114, Foster Court, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, 17:00 - 19:30.
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
Partnerships Development Director
Oxford Urbanists
Helping Oxford Urbanists to build new partnerships with relevant organisations around the world (e.g. UN-Habitat, ThinkCity, IGC).
Job description here.
Deadline: 20th September 17:00(GMT)
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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