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Data can help us understand how the city works, where problems are occurring, and where there are opportunities for improvement. We now have more data than ever before, yet its usefulness and accessib...

It can be challenging to think outside the box when you are surrounded by people who think exactly like you do. As industries become more and more competitive, it becomes increasingly difficult to com...

Whilst the terms utopia and dystopia may offer a distraction from reality and the bigger ‘what if?’ questions about our future, it can be useful to value the radical and speculative ideas they bring f...

By acknowledging the role of the digital world on our physical future we can create a more progressive understanding of public interest beyond simply the physical parts of a city.

A city’s ability to generate value and meaning has a relationship with its ability to promote innovation and better position itself within the global economy.

With the dominance of Google and Alphabet's operations so embedded into public life, what does this say about the role of public interest in shaping the cities of the future?

The concept of place is important to a city as it foregrounds the link between social and spatial urban fabric. The city of the future will be less dependant on buildings and space and more on the reo...

Physical space has been a heavily coveted tool for societies at all stages of history and whilst socio-economic changes are changing our relationship with space, physical space is no less important in...