Giorgio Bertini
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French moms aren’t superior parents—they just have it easier
The world has long been plagued by the myth of French women. We can’t seem to get enough of what makes them so effortlessly beautiful, impossibly fashionable, and perfect in every way. Reverence for la femme française is on high, now … Continue reading
Networked Urbanism: Social Capital in the City
Despite considerable interest in social capital amongst urban policy makers and academics alike, there is currently little direct focus on its urban dimensions. In this volume leading urban researchers from the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Australia, Italy and France … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Social capital, Social network, Urban
Tagged cities, social capital, social networks, urban
Making cities wiser – Crowdsourcing for better decisions
The need in urban planning to make knowledge-driven decisions has spurred the creation of new solutions to gather and utilize insight from residents. Participatory planning has often been realized through workshops and during face-to-face encounters, but little of the knowledge … Continue reading
Algo va mal con las Smart Cities
En realidad, tras el concepto de Smart City no se escondería nada novedoso sino, más bien, otro ejemplo de la transformación que han sufrido nuestras ciudades tras la finalización de los cincuenta años de capitalismo embridado posteriores a la Segunda … Continue reading
Posted in Smart city
Tagged smart city
Urban Design, Transport, and Health
Worldwide, the majority of people already live in cities and by 2050, it is estimated that 75% of 10 billion people have cities as an important social determinant of health. Air pollution, physical inactivity, noise, social isolation, unhealthy diets, and … Continue reading
City Planning and Population Health: a global challenge
Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning that reduces non-communicable diseases and road trauma while also managing rapid urbanisation. This paper considers … Continue reading
How to build a Fairer City
Four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence over ostentatious tower blocks. Our manifesto is about how the fairer city can be achieved by changing both the imaginary and the … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Urban, Urbanization
Tagged cities, urban, urbanization
Citizen Participation Resources
We believe that civic engagement, or including people in your governing process, is important to your success. Whether you’re a government organisation or a business, connecting with your communities will benefit both you and your community. But getting started with … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Participation
Tagged citizenship, community, participation
Design for Social Sustainability – a Framework for Creating Thriving Communities
Our starting point is that although there is widespread understanding of the physical and environmental challenges involved in creating new settlements, there is still much to be learnt about what makes some communities succeed and others fail. In this paper … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Planning, Resilient community, Social design, Sustainable
Tagged community, planning, resilient community, social design, sustainable
Growing Grassroots Innovations: Exploring the Role of Community-based Social Movements
The challenges of sustainable development (and climate change and peak oil in particular) demand system-wide transformations in socio-technical systems of provision. An academic literature around co-evolutionary innovation for sustainability has recently emerged to attempt to understand the dynamics and directions … Continue reading
