Urban Age

Urban Age is a research programme started in 2005.[1] It is led by LSE Cities with support from Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society into the relationship between the shape and society of cities.[2] Research includes comparing urbanisation in already urbanised and currently urbanising regions of the world.[3] Urban Age emerged as a product of the research and ideas of LSE Cities' Ricky Burdett, Philipp Rode and Richard Sennett and has since centred around conferences in a range of cities worldwide, as well as accompanying newspapers containing both global data sets and in-depth case studies.[4][5]

Conferences

The first Urban Age conference was held in New York in February 2005 and subsequent conferences have taken place in Shanghai, London, Berlin, Johannesburg, Mumbai, São Paulo, Istanbul, Chicago, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi. The Urban Age conferences have aimed to bring together planners, mayors, architects, academics and other stakeholders to discuss themes such as urban health and well-being,[6][7] urban governance[8] and how cities respond to the impact of major events like the hosting of the Olympic Games.[9] Participants have included a number of current and former city leaders, including Bogotá's Enrique Peñalosa, London's Boris Johnson,[10] and Delhi's Sheila Dikshit.[11] The ten year celebration of Urban Age, taking place in November and December 2015, consisted of five Global Debates on cities and climate change,[12] designing urban infrastructure,[13] the politics of equity,[14] social inclusion[15] and steering urban growth.[16] These debates were accompanied by a series of articles published by Guardian Cities.[17][18][19][20]

Publications and data

Each Urban Age conference has also produced a newspaper with feature articles, global, regional and city-specific data and graphics, as well as reflections from conference participants. This content has been organised and disseminated through the Urban Age digital platform, launched in December 2015.[21] Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic have also edited two books: The Endless City (2008) and Living in the Endless City (2011), which chronicle the main findings, discussions and research of the early Urban Age conferences. The Urban Age programme and concept has generated significant debate among urbanists, with critiques and appraisals produced in several academic journals.[22] Urban Age data visualisations have also been featured in a variety of online and print media, including urban footprint graphics, transport infrastructure maps and residential density graphics.[23][24][25]

References

  1. ↑ "Urban Age at 10". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft". Urbanisation. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Urban Age". LSE Cities.
  4. ↑ "The Urban Age, ten years on". LSE History.
  5. ↑ Burdett, Ricky; Cities, L. S. E. (2015-11-23). "Cities in numbers: how patterns of urban growth change the world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  6. ↑ "2011: Cities, Health and Well-being". LSE Cities.
  7. ↑ Smedley, Tim (2012-12-07). "The world's top five healthiest cities?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  8. ↑ "2014: Governing Urban Futures". LSE Cities.
  9. ↑ "2013: City Transformations". LSE Cities.
  10. ↑ UrbanAge (2013-01-17), Urban Age Electric City: Boris Johnson - Tech City announcement of £50m investment
  11. ↑ UrbanAge (2014-11-20), Urban leaders' round table - Urban Age Governing Urban Futures conference
  12. ↑ UrbanAge (2015-12-08), Confronting Climate Change: Can cities be the solution?
  13. ↑ UrbanAge (2015-12-08), Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for now or tomorrow?
  14. ↑ UrbanAge (2015-12-08), The Politics of Equity: Who owns the city?
  15. ↑ UrbanAge (2015-12-08), Narratives of Inclusion: Can cities help us live together?
  16. ↑ UrbanAge (2015-12-08), Steering Urban Growth: Can planning and architecture manage?
  17. ↑ Rode, Philipp; Cities, L. S. E. (2015-11-26). "How connected is your city? Urban transport trends around the world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  18. ↑ Mehta, Suketu (2015-11-30). "Beyond the maximum: cities may be booming, but who's invited to the party?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  19. ↑ "The world wants more 'porous' cities – so why don't we build them?". The Guardian. 2015-11-27. ISSN 0261-3077.
  20. ↑ "Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all". The Guardian. 2015-11-24. ISSN 0261-3077.
  21. ↑ "Urban Age".
  22. ↑ Brenner, Neil; Schmid, Christian (2014-05-01). "The ‘Urban Age’ in Question". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38 (3): 731–755. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.12115. ISSN 1468-2427.
  23. ↑ Burn-Murdoch, John (2012-12-06). "Electric City 2012: graphic highlights from LSE's conference on the urban age". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  24. ↑ "8 more ways of visualising London's growth: a question of density". CityMetric.
  25. ↑ "Cities in Numbers: How Patterns of Urban Growth Change the World". www.100resilientcities.org.

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