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  1. IPPO Cities at the World Urban Forum: Key Takeaways

    IPPO Cities at the World Urban Forum: Key Takeaways

    August 12, 2022

    Carla Washbourne reports from the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland on IPPO Cities’ panel on urban observatories. Carla Washbourne IPPO Cities co-organised a global networking event for urban observatories at the World Urban Forum 11, in Katowice, Poland, as part of the City360 events space curated by the Urban Policy Observatory. It sought to bring together those working in and with observatories, and institutions providing observatory like functions, to get to know each other, discuss common challenges and promote the UN-Habitat Global Urban Observatories (GUO) Network as a platform for cooperation...

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  2. Adding an intelligent data ecosystem to urban planning: a dynamic knowledge graph approach

    Adding an intelligent data ecosystem to urban planning: a dynamic knowledge graph approach

    July 5, 2022

    Ahead of appearing at our Urban Intelligence event on Thursday 7 July at 3 pm BST, Dr. Aurel von Richthofen and colleagues argue for data interoperability and compatibility to enable sustainable city planning. Hou Yee Quek, Franziska Sielker, Markus Kraft, Jethro Akroyd, Amit Bhave, Aurel von Richthofen, Pieter Herthogs, Claudia Yamu, Li Wan, Timea Nochta, Gemma Burgess, Mei Qi Lim, Sebastian Mosbach, VSK Murthy Balijepalli In the 21st century, the advent of faster, cheaper and smaller electronic devices available to a mass consumer base across the globe has altered the prevailing urban...

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  3. Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    May 30, 2022

    In advance of delivering a keynote speech at our Urban Recovery Plans event with the Greater London Authority and the London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) on 7 June at 3 pm BST, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, writes for IPPO Cities. Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard The context for London’s recovery is extremely challenging, with growing pressures on the cost of living for many Londoners, especially those on the lowest incomes. This crisis has exposed long-standing inequalities in our society; disproportionately affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...

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  4. Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    May 24, 2022

    Idoia Postigo, General Director of Bilbao Metropoli-30, writes for IPPO Cities on the emotional life of the city and calls for a more holistic urban planning. Idoia Postigo Living in an urban environment is one of the defining characteristics which unites many of the planet’s inhabitants at the present time. The city represents the daily environment in which an increasing proportion of people live each year. However, of the estimated 107 billion people who have existed in the history of mankind, only a few have lived in the city, with the urban...

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