With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 days 12 hours 39 minutes
Urbanism in the UAE
Being a young nation presents its own set of challenges but it also provides ample opportunity to innovate when thinking about the future of cities. We meet the CEO of URB, who’s dreaming up planet-friendly, utopian cityscapes, and tour Expo City Dubai to explore the site’s sustainable ambitions.
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Tall Stories 383: Singapore Turf Club
Lilian Fawcett looks at how Singapore’s only racecourse is being redeveloped to create space for more homes in this densely populated city state.
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Active cities
How can urban environments encourage city dwellers to be more active? From urban design to office architecture, we investigate some of the key players making an effort to keep people moving.
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Tall Stories 382: Memorial Park, Houston
Laura Kramer takes us to one of the largest urban parks in the US to see how regeneration efforts are helping to bring the ecosystem back to life.
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Community development through hip-hop
We discuss how hip-hop has improved cities around the world, explore plans for a new coastal-redevelopment megaproject in Athens and find out how to mitigate the effects of floods in our urban environments.
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Tall Stories 381: Haunted Venice
Sarah Grice talks us through the dark side of history in Italy’s “floating city”.
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Utopian Hours 2023
Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the Utopian Hours urbanism festival in Turin. We hear how a “disobedient picnic” ignited change in Brussels, tour the Royal Green Walk, talk about reclaiming the streets from cars and how timber can help build more sustainable cities.
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Tall Stories 380: Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland
Paul Logothetis takes a ferry to Fogo Island to explore how a remote inn is attracting tourists and supporting the local economy.
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Urban Transformation Summit
Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s Urban Transformation Summit in Detroit. We hear about a new innovation district in Milan, Boston’s 24-hour city ambitions and the master plan for AlUla in Saudi Arabia. Plus: creating pocket forests and mobility in San Diego.
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Tall Stories 379: Zürich Airport
Jessica Bridger touches down at Zürich Airport and extols the virtues of a good Swiss welcome.
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