Category Archives: Unplanned & informal settlement

Smart Cities World Expo – speaking notes

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Spatial layout influences Human behaviour: 1. Movement 2. Awareness 3. Interaction 4. Transaction. Spatial layout benefits 1. Economy - productivity - innovation – building & campus performance 2. Health – active travel – access to healthcare – building & campus performance 3. … Continue reading →

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Notes for AGI Conference talk: Measure, map, model, make

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

My slides Great placemaking is a process combining art and science. There is a place for both and indeed a need for both. Two problems. First, urban planning is largely an analogue discipline. Too many diagrams and watercolours. Not enough … Continue reading →

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Upgrading urban slums – a talk at UNICEF, New York

Posted on June 10, 2011 by
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Ed Glaeser at the American Planning Association

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Notes from Prof Ed Glaeser’s keynote at the 2011 American Planning Association Conference in Boston, 12th April 2011 A city’s “innovative density” is provided by its urban connections. Historical urban growth and decline Historically, cities grew by water. As transport … Continue reading →

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Space Syntax & the future of urban planning software

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Notes from a lecture given at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 23rd March 2011 View a summary of the presentation on YouTube Opening comments Good afternoon. I am delighted to have this opportunity to report on my progress as this … Continue reading →

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Tim Stonor – Minister of Planning for Urbania?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Yesterday I took part in a role play in Dr Mike Hooper’s class on “Urbanization & International Development” at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The class was divided into three groups and given 20 minutes to prepare proposals … Continue reading →

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Connectivity is only the beginning – networking is the goal

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

For digital users 2010 was the year to get connected; 2011 will be the year to become networked. It is one thing to buy an iPhone, join Facebook and Twitter, get a blog, friend and follow. It is another to … Continue reading →

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Millennium Development Goals

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

MDG 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger MDG 2 Achieve universal primary education MDG 3 Promote gender equality and empower women MDG 4 Reduce child mortality MDG 5 Improve maternal health MDG 6 Combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases MDG 7 … Continue reading →

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Dharavi – slum for sale

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Notes from screening at Harvard GSD The key issue is employment, not housing. Need to retain micro-industry as well as housing. Resident’s comment on high rise housing proposal (but no clear proposal for providing places of work): “Will the oxygen … Continue reading →

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Connecting the disconnected – how much is enough?

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

Yesterday evening, Ed Parham gave a talk at the Graduate School of Design on Space Syntax’s work redesigning unplanned settlements in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Despite the really awful weather, which turned Cambridge into a pedestrian sludge, there was a full … Continue reading →

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Upcoming talk: “Planning the unplanned: An evidence-based approach to design in informal settlements”

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 18th January 2011, 6:30pm With the world population of slum dwellers set to increase to 2 billion over the next 30 years, the need to provide adequate living conditions for the urban poor is recognised … Continue reading →

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