1. Updates
Hello urbanists! This week's inbox-enriching dosage of all things urban brings you news on how New Yorker rats are the best-smelling, events from Banbury Road to Turkey, and opportunities to conduct research, write blog pieces, and much more.
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This week we're putting a spotlight on Nairobi. While The Guardian uses cartoon-style imagery to tell a story of how Kenya's melting pot capital was born, CityLab looks at Nairobi alongside Addis Ababa to consider expanding walkability in the two cities. For a less anthropocentric piece, check out Andrew Rudd's pursuit of 'No more elsewheres', which looks to Nairobi to explore the relationship between the human and non-human in cities.
(Image by Ruth Hartnup)
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2. Urbanist News around the World
- What prevents us from creating cities that are better for people and nature? (The Nature of Cities)
- "It doesn’t seem like a lack of knowledge—don’t we have enough research knowledge to act on better policy?" - 10 different commentators from around their world offer their answer to this puzzling question.
- Millenials continue to leave big cities (The Wall Street Journal)
- Do urban areas constitute yet another victim to millenials' indiscriminate pillaging? Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg investigate.
- The augmented city: how technologists are transforming the Earth into theater (Venture Beat)
- Christopher McAlorum draws together the urban, the theatrical. and the technological in this slightly fragmented article which nevertheless dredges up some interesting points regarding the historical intersections between augmented reality and cities.
- Why city leaders must champion the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) to tackle the ticking global healthcare timebomb (Smart Cities World)
- Focusing on prevention, Dr Joanne Phoenix argues the centrality of cities and technology when tackling a healthcare 'time bomb'.
- The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Is Becoming a Real City (City Lab)
- Two years into the Myanmar refugee crisis, life for the Rohingya trapped in Bangladesh seems to have improved, thanks to infrastructure and design improvements - say Victoria Milko & Clare Hammond
- How cities reshape the evolutionary path of urban wildlife (Wired)
- Throwing shade at Darwin and casting light on New York rats' ability to navigate the city via smell, this fascinating article by Brendan Koerner is a bit more of a long read, but well worth it.
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3. Events
Events in Oxford
Monday 21 October
Life and Death at Stoke Quay, Ipswich, c 800-1450: An osteological and isotopic study of an urban community
- Speaker: Nora Farber
- Details: Institute of Archaeology Lecture Room, 36 Beaumont Street,15:00.
Wednesday 23 October
Productivity and Resorting from Urban Transportation Investments: The BRT in Dar es Salaam
- Speaker: Melanie Morten
- Details: Manor Road Building, Manor Road. 15:00.
Thursday 24 October
'Victims' inclusion or immigration enforcement? City measures on safe reporting of crime for undocumented migrants in the USA
- Speaker: Nicola Delvino
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Thursday 31 October
The role of academia in agenda and policy making at the local level: the city working group model
- Speaker: Jacqueline Broadhead
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Thursday 7 November
French Cities membership in European migration networks: understanding the (dis)involvement in transnational city networks
- Speaker: Aisling Healy
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Thursday 14 November
Chronicle of an Announced Death: Affiliation, Violence, and the appropriation of Urban Space in provincial Germany in 1934
- Speaker: Ulrike Jureit
- Details: History Faculty, George Street. 17:00.
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
25 September
The Bartlett B-Pro Show
- Annual exhibition of student work
- Details: The Bartlett School of Architecture, 22 Gordon Street, London. 10:00 - 20:30.
26 September
Shaping and Connecting Global Cities (UCL)
- Speakers: Please see link.
- Details: Room G13, 1-19 Torrington Place, London
16:15 - 19:00.
26 September
Urban Design and the Housing Crisis
- Speaker: Pablo Sendra
- Details: Bartlett School of Planning Studio Space, 31 Leigh Street, London WC1H, 17:00 - 18:30.
30 September - 9 December
Situating Architecture Lecture Series Autumn 2019 (UCL)
24 October
We The Young Strong
- (Film screening and panel discussion)
- Details: Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London. 19:00 - 21:30.
5 November
Planning New York
- Speakers: Marisa Lago and Prof. Tony Travers.
- Details: The Venue, Basement, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, 1 Sheffield Street, London . 18:30 - 20:00.
6 November
Freight in the City Expo 2019
- Please see link for further details
- Details: Alexandra Palace, London. 9:00 - 17:00.
Events around the World
1 October
Micromobility Europe
- Please see link for full details
- Berlin, Germany
1 - 3 October
Marmura Urban Forum
- Please see link for full details
- Istanbul, Turkey
1 - 4 October
Sustainable Cities Week
- Please see link for full details
- Le Meridien Hotel, India, New Delhi
2 - 4 October
CIVITAS Forum 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Graz, Austria
6 - 8 October
3rd Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development
- Please see link for full details
- Al Habtoor City, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7 - 8 October
Partnerships and Financing for an Inclusive City
- Please see link for full details
- City & Port, Copenhagen, Denmark
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 October
Equitable and resilient access to the benefits of green and blue infrastructure conference
- Please see link for full details
- Palais des Académies, Rue Ducale 1, Brussels
9 - 13 October
Beyond the Metropolis (55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress)
- Please see link for full details
- Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia
10 October
District heating and cooling: cities going circular for a carbon neutral Europe
- Please see link for full details
- Copper hall, Brussels Convention Centre, SQUARE, Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels.
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
19 - 21 November
Smart City Expo World Congress 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Barcelona, Spain
5 - 9 July 2020
World Cities Summit 2020
- Please see link for full details
8 - 13 February 2020
World Urban Forum (UN-Habitat)
- Please see link for full details
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
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4. Opportunities
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 details here.
Call for case studies
UN-Habitat
UN-Habitat invites you, as organizations and professionals working to integrate urban and rural sustainable development, to share your experiences and case studies on lessons from practices and policies in regards to relationships between urban and rural areas
More details here.
Deadline: 30th September.
Call for research proposals
Metropolis
The project “ Safety and Public Space: Mapping of Metropolitan Gender Policies” aims to map the policies implemented by metropolis from around the world in order to address sexual violence against women and girls in public space. Metropolis are seeking researchers for the second phase of this research.
More details here.
Deadline: 30th September
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.
Find more information here.
Deadline: 30th September 2019
Partnerships Development Associate
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 October 17:00(GMT)
South Asia Associate
Oxford Urbanists
As part of the South Asia Regional team, collaborate with various organisations and universities. Leverage existing connections and build a well-developed network in South Asia.
Job description here.
Deadline: 20th October 17:00(GMT)
Call for abstracts
6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
More details here.
Deadline: 14th November.
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.
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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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