1. Updates
Hello urbanists!
We hope November is treating you well so far. We don't have any new articles of our own to share with you this week, sadly - But hey, this is something you have the power to fix. That's right, my urbanist friend, you yourself can have your thoughts and words shared with our very glamorous audience, and featured on our snazzy website. Sufficiently enticed? Click on over to find out how you can write for us and fulfil your dreams. Alternatively, send us an email.
In this issue, we're bringing you news on Manhattan's urban imperfections, events on Designing the Future, opportunities to submit papers on food systems, cycling, water, and climate resilience... and much more.
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2. Urbanist News around the World
- Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows (The New York Times)
- Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world’s great coastal cities.
- In a Dystopian Age, We Need a Revival of Utopian Thinking
- Science fiction, especially Blade Runner, appears to have spawned so many dystopias that dystopia itself has become banal. This article argues that we need a new utopianism that embraces the city.
- For Urban Sustainability, What Research Do We Need Now? (The Nature of Cities)
- How can we speed things up? For scientists, if they are going to help make cities more sustainable, what research is critical to help city decision makers make decisions?
- Learning from Manhattan's urban imperfections (CNU)
- New York is a great city that breaks many rules of urban planning. Here's what its imperfections can teach us about city building.
- Visualising the future of our neighbourhoods (African Centre for Cities)
- This film documents the “South African City Futures: Visualising the Futures of our Neighbourhoods” project undertaken in 2014.
- Secrets of the world's most livable city (CityLab)
- "Cities should be nice to live in!" they say. "Duh", your jaded 90s self replies. Even if you are suffering from Livability-ranking-fatigue, you might be interested to read what it is about Vienna which sees it repeatedly bagging the top spot on those aforementioned pesky rankings.
- Open Data Shines a Light on Cities’ Top Challenges (Next City)
- From reports of potholes and broken streetlights to complaints about garbage and vandalism, cities process more non-emergency requests from residents than ever before. Cities are now becoming “smart” and allowing citizens to make requests online or by using mobile apps.
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3. Events
Events in Oxford
Monday 4 November
Skill Diversity and the Evolution of Formal Employment in Cities
- Speaker: Eduardo Lora
- Details: Queen Elizabeth House, Mansfield Road. 17:00.
Wednesday 6 November
Designing the Future: Who is doing it?
- Speaker: Sarah Weir OBE
- Details: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College
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.
Wednesday 13 November
Oxford's housing and homeless crisis: why is it happening and what can be done?
- Speakers: Please see link for full list of speakers.
- Details: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. 17:30.
Thursday 14 November
Transforming intercultural integration internationally: the example of Intercultural Cities
- Speaker: Anne Bathily.
- 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
21 November
Mediterranean Thinking in migration studies: reassessing the role of Mediterranean cities
- Speaker: Ricard Zapata-Barrero.
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
21 November
Towards an Urban Property Formations Framework for Second Wave Subaltern Urbanism Studies
- Speaker: Tara van Dijk.
- Details: Herbertson Room, School of Geography and Environment, off South Parks Road. 16:00.
Events in the UK
(Various dates)
Events in London and the South East - a list
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
- Speakers: Please see link for further details
- Details: Alexandra Palace, London. 9:00 - 17:00.
10 - 12 November
At the frontiers of the urban: thinking concepts and practices globally
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: UCL, London. 18:00 (10th Nov) - 20:00 (12th Nov).
- Please note that this event is ticketed (£5 - £55).
19 November
Healthy Lives, Healthy Cities: Public health priorities for Scotland
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh.
12 December
MONICA Smart Cities Showcase
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds. 10:00 - 16:30.
- Limited spaces available.
Events around the World
7 - 8 November
Future Cities Canada Summit
- Please see link for full details.
- TD Future Cities Centre, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Canada.
11 - 15 November
UCLG Congress
World summit of local and regional leaders
- Please see here and here for further details
- Durban, South Africa
14 November
The Future of Urban Texas
- Please see link for full details
- University of Houston–Downtown, 1 Main St., Houston, TX 77002. 18:00 (14th Nov) - 15:15 (15th Nov)
19 - 21 November
Smart City Expo World Congress 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Barcelona, Spain
22 - 23 November
Urban Innovation Forum
- Please see link for full details
- Singapore
20 - 21 December 2020
1st International Conference on Urban Data Science
- Please see link for full details
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
8 - 13 February 2020
World Urban Forum (UN-Habitat)
- Please see link for full details
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
5 - 9 July 2020
World Cities Summit 2020
- Please see link for full details
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4. Opportunities
Call for blog pieces
Young Academics of the Association of the European Schools of Planning
Write a blog piece of up to 1000 words. A wide selection of topics are available.
More details here.
Call for abstracts
Velo-City 2020
They invite you to share your expertise, insights, data, innovation and analysis to reflect our conference theme 'Smart Cycling Inclusion', share stories of success and failure and of visions of future mobility ecosystems, public space, healthier, sustainable and more accessible environments for people.
The conference will take place in Ljubljana between 2nd-5th June 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 9th November
Call for abstracts
6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
More details here.
Deadline: 14th November.
Call for papers
The International Conference on Smart Applications and Data Analysis for Smart Cities 2020
The conference will bring together researchers and industry professionals contributing towards different phases of designing, exploiting and maintaining Smart Cyber Physical Systems and their Applications. These phases include requirements engineering, data acquisition/cleaning, storage, deployment, exploitation, and visualisation.
The conference will take place in Marrakech, Morocco between 25th-27th March 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 9th December.
Call for abstracts
International Urban Planning and Environment Congress
The congress's main theme is 'managing change'. The organisers say they hope the conference "will allow us to share and learn from international professionals on issues facing our profession in the next decades and share noteworthy practices on how we can plan and manage changes affecting our built and social environment".
The conference will take place in Tartu, Estonia between the 20th-23rd July 2020.
Deadline: 15th December.
Call for abstracts
Urban Transitions 2020
Urban Transitions 2020 aims to promote healthy urban development by bringing together different disciplines working within cities including world leading experts on urban and transport planning, architecture, environmental exposures, physical activity, and public health and governance to discuss current challenges and solutions.
The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain between the 10th-12th November 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 5th June 2020
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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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