#urban-perspectives

As relative creatures, we sure are inconsiderate.

Unless you’ve grown up under a rock, I will not be able to comprehend your lack of consideration for others.

Collectivités : l’heure n’est plus à l’achat d’un véhicule électrique, mais à la maîtrise du coût…

Pendant plusieurs années, la transition énergétique des collectivités a principalement été abordée sous l’angle environnemental. Réduction…

Pria setengah matang

Di ujung hayat hari ini, terduduk diam di selasar. Termenung konsisten setengah matang yang kerap ku delegasikan bebannya pada pikirku…

Young. Urban. Poor.

What does modern-fleeting-life look like?

Footpath Diaries

By Ikra Quazi, A Mobility Champion

The Fog Frame: How to Photograph Mystery Without Hiding the Subject

How mist, haze, rain-softened air, and low-contrast atmosphere can turn an ordinary street scene into something quieter, deeper, and more…

Urban Heat Island Effect in India: Why It Matters

Introduction

Cities are not backdrops. They are living systems.

Are we hopeless?

From the Small Part of Surabaya: Reading the City as Palimpsest

Akhirnya setelah cukup lama menyimpan keinginan belaka, saya mengunjungi Kota Surabaya yang disebut juga kota metropolitan setelah Jakarta…

Conditions and Virtues of Smart City Professionals

Over the past two decades in the smart city industry, one of the most disorienting and challenging experiences has been the need to explain…

Planning for Scale: What City Centres Need to Grow

Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds can start innovative firms. That much is clear from the data. What they cannot yet do, reliably and…

Seeing Layers: The One Habit That Makes Cities Feel Like Cinema

How a simple question turns flat street photos into frames that feel like movies.

Compass

Iksath

From Kannada ‘Gothila’ To Kannada ‘Gothide’

Tata Kota Jakarta : Rapi di Pusat, Berantakan di Pinggiran

Saya sengaja menjadikan Jakarta sebagai contoh, karena saya sendiri lahir dan tumbuh besar di kota ini. Saya ingin orang-orang tahu realita…

Sandcastles and Cyclepaths

What if vacant lots and abandoned spaces could become thriving hubs of creativity and community? Exploring why temporary urbanism is…

Short stories

A collection of shorts, inertia created by the vehicle & the passing images beyond the tempered glass, the hum of tire or roll without…

"Enhancing Community Safety: CPSC’s Impact on Urban and Rural Areas"

The role and initiatives of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in safeguarding consumer safety and promoting awareness of…

GRANT PARK (CHICAGO)

GRANT PARK VE İBB ORHANGAZİ ŞEHİR PARKLARININ KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Circular Cities: a Systemic Design Outlook

Today, 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas — this is expected to increase to 68% by 2050¹. Urban areas are also responsible…

"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves…

Which just goes to show how far we’ve come since Socrates' day and age.

A report from the NACTO Designing Cities Conference

Published November 21, 2017 on bernardvanleer.org/blog