Postcard from the West Coast of the US: Providing housing (5/5)
Providing housing In our travels from Vancouver to Palo Alto we were appalled by the shortages of affordable housing, 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 the West Coast of the US: Connecting places (4/5)
Connecting places In our three weeks of travelling between Vancouver in Canada and Palo Alto in Northern California we Continue reading
Postcard from the West Coast of the US: Growing intelligent/smarter cities (3/5)
Growing intelligent or smarter cities One city that offers a glimpse of a better future is Portland Oregon, which Continue reading
Postcard from the West Coast of the US: Fostering innovation (2/5)
Fostering innovation and new work This is the second set of impressions from a three week return visit to Continue reading
Postcard from the West Coast of the US: Growing good cities (1/5)
Growing good cities The latest in my Postcards From the Future, which now number over 40, deal with the Continue reading
Postcard from Sarajevo
Moving to a market economy and sharing land value uplift Returning to Sarajevo for a research conference almost fifty years after I had worked there as a management consultant for McKinsey and Company raised some fundamental questions over how the countries of Central and Eastern Europe should use their recently won ‘freedoms’ to build […]
Postcard from Dublin
Balancing diverse objectives One of the delights of Ireland is the enjoyable conversation and gossip. It was even one Continue reading
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
