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  • December, 2017

    26 December 2017

    Half-Earth Cities
    Paul Downton, Melbourne

    In Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, published in 2016, E. O. Wilson made a reasoned and impassioned call for making our human future fit within the boundaries of just half a planet, with the other half given over to human-free nature. He reasoned that unless natural systems have sufficient...

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    21 December 2017

    Read This! For Every Continent, Must-Read and Continent-Specific Books About Cities
    David Maddox, New York

    AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND EUROPE LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA (not including Mexico)          

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    21 December 2017

    Shifting the Paradigm: Art and Ecology Unite!
    Toby Query, Portland

    The world’s ecosystems are rapidly changing, and urban natural areas are often the first to exhibit these changes. The urban heat island effect and increased air, water, and soil pollution are some of the impacts of the increasing human imprint that affect urban natural areas disproportionately. Symptoms of these impacts...

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    18 December 2017

    Can Smart Cities be Smart Green Cities? We’ll See
    Gary Grant, London

    As yet, there are no smart cities. I read of plenty of people and organisations working hard to create them. However, so far, we have had initiatives, policies, strategies, and some projects, but no examples of cities where it all comes together in a genuinely city-wide way. In addition, most...

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    15 December 2017

    Dubai – Arid Lands Innovator
    Peter Schoonmaker, Beirut

    We step off the plane at Dubai International Airport—the third busiest in the world—and the surroundings are familiar: faux granite, glass, stainless steel, arrival/departure screens, duty-free shops, food courts, escalators, the usual. Maybe a bit grander than most, but familiar. We move through customs, hit the duty-free for a few...

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    12 December 2017

    Why the Heart Matters in Hurricanes: How to Carry the Emotional Weight of the World without Being Crushed by It
    Hui Ling Lim, Prague

    As 2017 draws to a close in the U.S., we are still getting our lives back in order, reeling from the human and economic losses of the recent hurricane season. Experts estimate that hurricanes Irma and Harvey combined will cost more than the $160 billion in damage in comparison to...

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    9 December 2017

    Urban Connectivity is a Catalyst for Leaving No One Behind
    Buyana Kareem, Kampala

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030), which is comprised of a global commitment to “leave no one behind” and “endeavor to reach those furthest behind first”, explicitly details neither the pledge to leave no one behind (LNOB) nor establishs a shared understanding of what LNOB means in a...

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    6 December 2017

    Transforming Great Lakes Pollution Hot Spots into Gathering Places for People and Wildlife
    John Hartig, Windsor

    Cleanup of Great Lakes pollution hot spots has not been easy, and required networks focused on gathering stakeholders, coordinating efforts, and ensuring that the results promote the public interest. Even with the compelling case of the Great Lakes being a continentally- and globally-significant natural resource, it has proven incredibly challenging....

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    3 December 2017

    Inhabiting a Post-Urban Twenty-First Century
    Stephanie Pincetl, Los Angeles

    I am spending this Fall in Kyoto Japan, traveling a bit in the country. The Institute for Humanity and Nature is my sponsor for the stay and this blog is inspired by Japan’s complexity. The nation is the home of the first, and still largest, mega-city in the world, Tokyo,...

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    November, 2017

    30 November 2017

    Biodiversity vs. Livability: What to do on the Victorian Western Volcanic Plain?
    Meredith Dobbie, Victoria

    What to do when biodiversity ideals conflict with livability imperatives for a city? A fascinating example of this tension is the western suburbs of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. The greater metropolitan area of Melbourne lies on several bioregions. Most of the northern, southern, and eastern suburbs lie on...

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    27 November 2017

    Thinking Like a Lake in Mexico City
    Janice Astbury, Buenos Aires

    A satirical video circulated this past summer announcing Mexico City as the country’s newest and most exciting water park, featuring waterfalls in the metro and an airport runway turned waterway.[1]  I thought they might have included the geyser spouting out of a drain that I saw next to the sign...

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    24 November 2017

    What the Zika Epidemic Means for Gender and Urban Adaptation Planning in Brazil
    Katerina Elias, São Paulo

    Almost exactly two years ago, South America was swept up in a public health crisis that affected hundreds of thousands of women across the continent. In Brazil, more than 2,600 children were born with the microcephaly and other health complications resulting from the viral infection Zika. Brazilians quickly became accustomed...

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    21 November 2017

    Of Flash Floods and a Lost Indian Waterscape
    Hita Unnikrishnan, Warwick Harini Nagendra, Bangalore

    In the weeks prior to the writing of this article, the city of Bengaluru was reeling under the onslaught of torrential rainfall, the likes of which it had not witnessed in decades. Effects of this downpour were felt in many ways—flash floods in several parts of the city, trees uprooted,...

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    18 November 2017

    Walking on Rivers — Dry Riverbeds as Public Parks?
    Sareh Moosavi, Brussels

    In most arid regions of the world cities are growing and rivers are running dry. While rapid urbanisation has left little room for creating new public open spaces, could urban riverbeds that remain dry for an extended period of time provide potentials for new types of public parks? Dryland settlements...

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    15 November 2017

    Some Kind of Nature… But What Will We End Up With?
    Yolanda van Heezik, Dunedin

    Whenever I listen to the song Some Kind of Nature by the Gorillaz & Lou Reed, it makes me think about what kind of nature we are going to end up with in our cities, even though the song isn’t actually about urban nature at all. From my perspective here...

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    13 November 2017

    Let go of some urban domestication: How would you convince the mayor to re-wild the city?
    Juan Azcarate, Bogotá Keith Bowers, Charleston Katrine Claassens, Montreal Don Dearborn, Lewiston Ian Douglas, Manchester Ana Faggi, Buenos Aires Lincoln Garland, Bath Amy Hahs, Ballarat Mark Hostetler, Gainesville Keitaro Ito, Fukutsu City Louise Lezy-Bruno, Paris Jala Makhzoumi, Beirut Juliana Montoya, Bogota Daniel Phillips, Lubbock Mohan Rao, Bangalore Kevin Sloan, Dallas-Fort Worth Kati Vierikko, Helsinki

    Juliana Montoya and Juan Azcárate, Bogotá (To read this post in English, see here.) Asilvestrando ciudades: Una perspectiva desde la biodiversidad latinoamericana Analizando la idea de asilvestramiento de las ciudades (re-wilding cities) como espacios que permiten la vida de especies de forma natural y espontánea en lugares diferentes a su...

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    12 November 2017

    Biophilic Benefits or Bio-baloney? (Probably) the Former
    Lincoln Garland, Bath

    Regular readers of TNOC will be familiar with the biophilia hypothesis, which supposes an innate emotional link between humans and the natural world that positively impacts our psychological wellbeing. In other words, we feel most at home in naturalistic surroundings, as this is where we evolved and have spent the...

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    9 November 2017

    The New Urban Agenda: Is the Compact City Ecologically More Favorable than Dispersed Forms?
    Ana Faggi, Buenos Aires

    Some weeks ago I took part in a seminar in Recife, Brazil, where colleagues of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico met. The main queries to be answered were: How each professional from their individual specialities could collaborate to address the New Urban Agenda established by the Habitat III Conference, held...

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    6 November 2017

    Re-naturing Cities: Theories, Strategies and Methodologies
    Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Portsmouth Heather Rumble, Portsmouth Mark Goddard, Newcastle Fabio Angeoletto, Rondonópolis Pedro Britto, Goiânia Silvio Caputo, Portsmouth Stuart Connop, London Karla Emmanuela Ribeiro Hora, Goiânia Caroline Nash, London Braulio Romeiro, Goiânia

    There is strong interest in the theme of re-naturing cities, since “naturalizing” cities can help address multiple global societal challenges and generate benefits, such as the enhancement of health and well-being, sustainable urbanisation, the provision of ecosystems and their services, and resilience to climate change. But, what are the theories,...

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    3 November 2017

    Getting Humans to Learn to Live in Harmony with Wildlife
    Lena Chan, Singapore

    Humans have been living with wildlife since time immemorial. But with the growth of cities, people have become so distant from nature and wildlife that many think there is no native flora and fauna left in urban jungles. This alienation raised such concern in the global community that the United...

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