Postcard from Hangzhou and Shanghai
Transforming Megacities A week in China as guest of the Bluetown/Greentown Group provided an exceptional opportunity to reflect on Continue reading
postcards from the future
"I have seen the future and it works", Lincoln Steffens, 1919. Our views are shaped by what we see (and hear). In setting up URBED in 1976, I wanted to spread good practice in urban regeneration and local economic development. But despite advances in digital media, are cities getting any better at learning from each other? I am going to experiment with a blog on what I have learned from different cities. So let’s start with a study tour to Paris last September, an initiative to transfer lessons on cycling from Copenhagen to London, a short trip to learn how Leipzig has revived its economy, and an event to consider Oxford Futures.
Postcard from Grenoble
Bridging the gaps Three days in the historic university town of Grenoble with a group of academics, council leaders Continue reading
Postcard from Aarhus
Developing a cultured and sustainable city Returning to London from the Academy of Urbanism’s superb Congress in Aarhus, Denmark’s Second Continue reading
Postcard from Slovenia
Creating common wealth in lovely Ljubljana How can a small country flourish in today’s highly global economy? Experiencing the delights Continue reading
Postcard from Vienna
Creating a model for smarter urbanisation Vienna has undergone a transformation since the bleak days of The Third Man, Continue reading
Postcard from Tamil Nadu, Southern India
Smarter Urbanisation and Rapid Growth I have just come back from my fourth visit in as many years to Continue reading
An Urbanist in India
I have just returned from three weeks travelling in India with Hélène, visiting friends and trying to understand Indian cities. Even Continue reading
Postcard from Eindhoven, NL
From Forbidden City to creative dynamo In the early 1990s Eindhoven, an industrial city in the South Eastern part of Continue reading
