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Author Archives: renardteipelke
Snippets from the RGS 2016 Conference on Nexus Thinking
By Renard Teipelke Each year the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers holds its Annual International Conference. For this year, they chose “Nexus Thinking” as the conference theme. And as always, there was no lack of critical inputs and new … Continue reading
Posted in conferences
Tagged Conference, critical geography, financialization, food security, geography, Global South, Jackson, Jamaica, journal, London, Massy, neoliberalism, nexus, public space, research, resilience, RGS, Roy, South Africa, Stirling, WEF
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Have You Ever Heard of Lucius Burckhardt?
By Renard Teipelke Usually the length of a person’s English Wikipedia article indicates how far their global reach has been. In the case of the Swiss urban planning critic Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) I have to assume that his reach beyond … Continue reading
Posted in pick of the day, research
Tagged architecture, automobile, book review, building, construction, critic, design, environment, housing, local politics, Lucius Burckhardt, Place Management, public space, role, stakeholder, strollology, Switzerland, symbol, theory, transport, urban planning, welfare
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Ten Take-Aways from the World Cities Summit 2016
By Renard Teipelke It is for sure not comprehensive to distill ten take-aways from the World Cities Summit, which takes place every two years, brings together more than 1,000 delegates, and is co-hosted together with the International Water Week and … Continue reading
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Tagged acupuncture, award, Bilbao, competition, Conference, culture, decision maker, finance, health, innovation, knowledge, place making, Singapore, stakeholder, urban planning, work, World Cities Summit
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Ten Take-Aways from the Last Day of the Metropolitan Solutions Conference 2016
By Renard Teipelke While there is always a breadth of thematic areas and topics that is represented and discussed during the Metropolitan Solutions Conference (particularly as it coincided with the German Habitat Forum this year), I would like to provide … Continue reading
An Implementation Critique of Jan Gehl’s “Cities for People”
By Renard Teipelke In 2010, Danish architect and urban design thinker Jan Gehl compiled his profession’s key urban design principles and convictions in the well-received book “Cities for People”. I like the way he describes how the planning and development … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged architecture, building design, car, Cities for People, city government, eye level, human, interest group, Jan Gehl, land markets, local government, local politics, modernism, modernist planning, perspective, Place Development, Place Management, scale, soft edges, sustainability, urban design, urban development
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Further Densification – Are They Ready for This?
By Renard Teipelke Eight out of the 30 most densely populated cities of the world are located within Metro Manila, Philippines (here). Number 30 is Makati City with about 19,000 people per square kilometer. Number 1 is Manila City with … Continue reading
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Tagged access, affordability, brownfield, decentralization, geography, greenfield, high-rises, infrastructure, investment, Metro Manila, metropolitan region, mobility, Philippines, population, scale, secondary cities, sprawl, urban design, urban growth, urban planning
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Key Messages from the ICLEI Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Forum in Melaka, Malaysia, March 2016
By Renard Teipelke The following are a couple of key messages and interesting thoughts from the ICLEI Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Forum, held in Melaka, Malaysia, 2-4 March 2016. On capacities and partnership: There will always be trade-offs for convincing actors … Continue reading
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Tagged agreement, Asia, budget, Conference, disaster, forum, ICLEI, institution, local government, management, MDGs, monitoring, Pacific, planning, resilience, SDGs, UN, urban planning, vision, youth
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Livable Cities Rankings: Quality of Life Has Its Price
By Renard Teipelke I am sure combined rankings exist. Rankings where cities are evaluated and scored for both their quality of living and their cost of living. But generally, the leading rankings of “livable cities” do not concern themselves much … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, research
Tagged accessibility, affordability, comparison, competition, cost of living, equity, livability, metropolises, quality of living, ranking, second-row
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The Challenge of Hosting Different Visitors
By Renard Teipelke I was walking through the streets of Ha Noi, when a shoe polisher insisted on cleaning my ‘apparently’ dirty shoes. I happened to be in the capital city of Viet Nam for ‘business matters’ – not as … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, opinions
Tagged air, business, diversification, economic development, Egypt, growth, guest, Hanoi, hub, mall, Metro Manila, Philippines, Spain, tourism, transport, urban economy, Vietnam, visitor
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Quick Review: WEF’s Top Ten Urban Innovations
By Renard Teipelke The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities (World Economic Forum) published a short overview report on the “Top Ten Urban Innovations” last month (October 2015). Let’s see what these innovations are and let’s pose one … Continue reading
Posted in journals, research
Tagged circular economy, co-location, data, design thinking, innovation, intelligent infrastructure, key performance indicators, LED, life-cycle costs, local community, mobility, monitoring, Place Management, safety, sensoring, sharing, smart city, urban development, urban farming, WEF, World Economic Forum
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