As cities grow in scale, dimensions, and amplitude, taking in 60% of the world population, the United Nations has designated the 31st of October as “World Cities Day”, an opportunity to talk furthermore about global urbanization, addressing challenges, encouraging opportunities across borders and highlighting responses. Focusing this edition on the theme of “Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience”, this day, part of Urban October, seeks to raise awareness about the climate crisis and its repercussions on the built environment.
Cities, at the center of the global challenges, are hubs for institutions, society, economy, commerce, and transportation. Understanding the importance of “Thinking the City”, we have compiled in this roundup, articles published by ArchDaily’s editors that offer planning tools and guidelines, tackle the different components of the urban realm and highlight worldwide as well as contextual questions and responses.
Read on to discover a selection of the best features that advocates for a resilient, attractive, accessible, inclusive, and competitive city of the future.
Planning Tools: Guidelines for a Sustainable Urbanization
How to Support Fast-Growing Small Cities? UN-Habitat's Participatory Incremental Urban Planning Tool
How Can We Make Future Megacities Become Smart as Well?
The 5 Guiding Principles for an Ideal City
Future-Proofing Cities Against Climate Change
10 Technologies for Accessible, Affordable Cities
Creating a Pedestrian-Friendly Utopia Through the Design of 15-Minute Cities
Society, Equity and Inclusiveness: A City for Everyone
How Can Green Cities Create Equitable Futures?
A New Urban Model for a New Project of Society: An Interview with Tainá de Paula
LGBTQIA+ Experience in the City and in the Architectural Field, According to Our Readers
HerCity: Digital Toolbox for Sustainable, Equal and Inclusive Cities
“Universal Representation Is Utopian”: Erica Malunguinho Talks About Urban Equity
Cities Should Allow People to Shine
Equitable Cities Through the Lens of Environmental Neuroscience
How "Smarter" Cities Can Exacerbate Inequity
Public Spaces, Human Connections, and Accessibility: Reclaiming the City
Public Spaces: Places of Protest, Expression, and Social Engagement
Cultivating Non-Violent Cities: 10 Examples of Friendly Public Spaces
Revitalized Public Spaces: Fostering Human Connections in Cities
11 Steps to Achieve Quality Public Spaces at a Neighborhood Level: UN-Habitat's Guideline
Green Inequity: Increasing Access to Public Parks for Underserved Communities
Should Cities Make Public Transport Free?
More Highways, More Problems: Planning the Future of Major Road Systems
Trends and Predictions: Future of the City
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Why It's Not Quite Time to Give Up City Living
Shrinking Cities: The Rise and Fall of Urban Environments
What a Yeast Sachet Can Tell Us About the Cities of the Future
How Will Past Urban Experiments Shape the Cities of the Future?
What Will Happen to Cities if Everyone Keeps Working From Home?
What Do Real Estate Trends Tell Us About the Migration Back to Cities?
Why Are Countries Building Their Cities From Scratch?
Context, Challenges, and Urban Responses: Cities Around the World
Divided: Urban Inequality in South Africa
Rights to the City and Urban Conflicts in Latin America: What Can Be Done?
The Urban Remnants of Colonial Planning in Africa: Dar es Salaam and Nairobi
Gentrification and Dystopia: The Future of Mexico City in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Why Should We Invest in Mitigation Instead of Reconstruction? Chile's Resiliency is a Good Example
The Contemporary Approach to Rebuilding Cities -Disaster: The Case of Beirut
Spatial Education and the Future of African Cities: An Interview with Matri-Archi
Invisible Cities: Rethinking the Refugee Crisis Through Design
Beirut, One Year Later: People-Driven Reconstruction Efforts Midst Devastated Nation
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