Every month we feature a Roundtable in which a group responds to a specific question on The Nature of Cities. Check out the responses and join the conversation.
2019
29 January 2019
What did you read in 2018 that moved you? Isabelle Michele Sophie Anguelovski,
Barcelona |
Marc Barra,
Paris |
Katie Coyne,
Austin |
Samarth Das,
Mumbai |
Marcelo Lopes de Souza,
Rio de Janeiro |
Artur Jerzy Filip,
Warsaw |
Claudia Luna Fuentes,
Saltillo |
Russell Galt,
Edinburgh |
Ursula Heise,
Los Angeles |
Toby Kent,
Melbourne |
Patrick M. Lydon,
Osaka |
Pascal Mittermaier,
Boston |
Steward Pickett,
Poughkeepsie |
Huda Shaka,
Dubai |
David Simon,
Gothenburg |
Jay Valgora,
New York |
Chantal van Ham,
Brussels |
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Artists in Conversation with Water in Cities Carmen Bouyer,
Paris |
Patrick M. Lydon,
Osaka |
Antonio José García Cano,
Murcia |
Katrine Claassens,
Montreal |
Claudia Luna Fuentes,
Saltillo |
Nazlı Gürlek,
Istanbul & Palo Alto |
Basia Irland,
Albuquerque |
Robin Lasser,
Oakland |
Mary Mattingly,
New York City |
Marguerite Perret,
Topeka |
Bonnie Sherk,
San Francisco |
Nadia Vadori-Gauthier Vadori-Gauthier,
Paris |
Aloïs Yang,
Prague |
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What is one thing every ecologist should know about urban ecology? Pippin Anderson,
Cape Town |
Erik Andersson,
Stockholm |
Marc Barra,
Paris |
Nathalie Blanc,
Paris |
Marcus Collier,
Dublin |
Paul Downton,
Melbourne |
Ana Faggi,
Buenos Aires |
Niki Frantzeskaki,
Rotterdam |
Dagmar Haase,
Berlin |
Steven Handel,
New Brunswick |
Nadja Kabisch,
Berlin |
Timon McPhearson,
New York |
Harini Nagendra,
Bangalore |
Steward Pickett,
Poughkeepsie |
Philip Silva,
New York |
Mike Wells,
Bath |
Weiqi Zhou,
Beijing |
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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, Australia |
Mark Hostetler,
Gainesville |
Keitaro Ito,
Fukutsu City |
Louise Lezy-Bruno,
Paris |
Jala Makhzoumi,
Beirut |
Juliana Montoya,
Bogota |
Daniel Phillips,
Detroit |
Mohan Rao,
Bangalore |
Kevin Sloan,
Dallas-Fort Worth |
Kati Vierikko,
Helsinki |
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Are cities ecosystems—analogous to natural ones—of nature, infrastructure and people? Does thinking about cities in this way help us think about urban design? Marina Alberti,
Seattle |
Erik Andersson,
Stockholm |
Sarah Dooling,
Austin/Boston |
Paul Downton,
Melbourne |
Thomas Elmqvist,
Stockholm |
Nancy Grimm,
Phoenix |
Dagmar Haase,
Berlin |
Dominique Hes,
Melbourne |
Kristina Hill,
Berkeley |
Madhusudan Katti,
Raleigh |
Francois Mancebo,
Paris |
Clifford Ochs,
Oxford |
Steward Pickett,
Poughkeepsie |
Stephanie Pincetl,
Los Angeles |
Rob Pirani,
New York |
Richard Register,
Berkeley |
Eric Sanderson,
New York |
Alexis Schaffler,
Berkeley/Johannesburg/Cape Town |
Vivek Shandas,
Portland |
David Simon,
Gothenburg |
Jane Toner,
Melbourne |
Yolanda van Heezik,
Dunedin |
Ken Yeang,
Kuala Lumpur |
David Maddox,
New York |
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What are we trying to accomplish with biophilic cities? What are ambitious goals and targets, and measures of success? Pippin Anderson,
Cape Town |
Tim Beatley,
Charlottesville |
Lena Chan,
Singapore |
Paul Downton,
Melbourne |
Ian Douglas,
Manchester |
Dusty Gedge,
London |
David Goode,
Bath |
Bram Gunther,
New York |
Chris Ives,
Nottingham |
Tania Katzschner,
Cape Town |
Steve Maslin,
Bristol |
Peter Newman,
Perth |
Phil Roös,
Geelong |
Eric Sanderson,
New York |
Jana Söderlund,
Perth |
Fleur Timmer,
Bristol |
Chantal van Ham,
Brussels |
Mike Wells,
Bath |
Ken Yeang,
Kuala Lumpur |
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24 January 2017
You say po-TAY-to. What ecologists and landscape architects don’t get about each other, but ought to. Ana Faggi,
Buenos Aires |
Mark Hostetler,
Gainesville |
Maria E Ignatieva,
Perth |
Amy Hahs,
Ballarat, Australia |
Jürgen Breuste,
Salzburg |
Susannah Drake,
New York City |
Marcus Hedblom,
Uppsala |
Andrew Grant,
Bath |
Mike Wells,
Bath |
Steven Handel,
New Brunswick |
Diane Pataki,
Salt Lake City |
Ian MacGregor-Fors,
Xalapa |
Anne Trumble,
Los Angeles |
Christine Thuring,
Sheffield |
Kevin Sloan,
Dallas-Fort Worth |
Gloria Aponte,
Medellín |
Nina-Marie Lister,
Toronto |
Sarah Hinners,
Salt Lake City |
AnaLuisa Artesi,
Buenos Aires |
Jala Makhzoumi,
Beirut |
Jason King,
Portland |
Yun Hye HWANG,
Singapore |
Danielle Dagenais,
Montreal |
Mary Cadenasso,
Davis |
Veronica Fabio,
Buenos Aires |
Peter Werner,
Darmstadt |
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How can we make urban nature and its value more apparent, more “visible” to people? Simone Borelli,
Rome |
Sarah Charlop-Powers,
New York |
Marcus Collier,
Dublin |
Sven Eberlein,
Oakland |
David Goode,
Bath |
Leen Gorissen,
Antwerp |
Cecilia Herzog,
Rio de Janeiro |
Seth Magle,
Chicago |
Polly Moseley,
Liverpool |
Ragene Palma,
Manila |
Jennifer Sánchez,
San José |
Richard Scott,
Liverpool |
Chantal van Ham,
Brussels |
Gavin Van Horn,
Chicago |
Mark Weckel,
New York |
Mike Wetter,
Portland |
Niki Frantzeskaki,
Rotterdam |
Hastings Chikoko,
Johannesburg |
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Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability? Jane Battersby,
Cape Town |
Katrin Bohn,
Brighton |
Christopher Bryant,
Montreal |
Easther Chigumira,
Harare |
Evan Fraser,
Guelph |
Kelly Hodgins,
Guelph |
Patrick Hurley,
Collegeville, PA |
Francois Mancebo,
Paris |
Idah Mbengo,
Harare |
Innisfree McKinnon,
Menomonie |
Leslie McLees,
Eugene |
Geneviève Metson,
Vancouver |
Navin Ramankutty,
Vancouver |
Kristin Reynolds,
New York City |
Esther Sanyé-Mengual,
Bologna |
Shaleen Singhal,
New Delhi |
Kathrin Specht,
Müncheberg |
Naomi Tsur,
Jerusalem |
Andre Viljoen,
Brighton |
Claudia Visoni,
São Paulo |
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28 May 2016
Common threads: connections among the ideas of Jane Jacobs and Elinor Ostrom, and their relevance to urban socio-ecology Paul Downton,
Melbourne |
Johan Enqvist,
Stockholm |
Sheila Foster,
Washington, DC |
Lisa Gansky,
San Francisco |
Mathieu Hélie,
Montréal |
Mark Hostetler,
Gainesville |
Michelle Johnson,
New York City |
Marianne Krasny,
Ithaca |
David Maddox,
New York |
Michael Mehaffy,
Portland |
Harini Nagendra,
Bangalore |
Raul Pacheco-Vega,
Aguascalientes |
Mary Rowe,
Toronto |
Alex Russ,
Ithaca |
Laura Shillington,
Managua & Montreal |
Anne Trumble,
Los Angeles |
Arjen Wals,
Wageningen |
Abigail York,
Tempe |
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30 April 2016
Visions of resilience: Eighteen artists say or show something in response to the word “resilience” Juan Carlos Arroyo,
Bogotá |
David Brooks,
New York City |
Katrine Claassens,
Montreal |
Emilio Fantin,
Milan |
Ganzeer,
Los Angeles |
Lloyd Godman,
Melbourne |
Fran Ilich,
New York City |
Frida Larios,
Antiguo Cuzcatlán, Copán, and Washington |
Todd Lester,
Säo Paulo |
Patrick M. Lydon,
Osaka |
Mary Mattingly,
New York City |
David Maddox,
New York |
E. J. McAdams,
New York City |
Mary Miss,
New York City |
Edna Peres,
Johannesburg |
Caroline Robinson,
Auckland |
Finzi Saidi,
Pretoria |
Keijiro Suzuki,
Yamaguchi & Nagoya |
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Taking “resilience” out of the realm of metaphor. How do you measure resilience in cities? How would you know if your city or your community was resilient? Keren Bolter,
Fort Lauderdale |
Cezar Busatto,
Porto Alegre |
Lorenzo Chelleri,
Barcelona |
William Dunbar,
Tokyo |
Thomas Elmqvist,
Stockholm |
Antoine Faye,
Dakar |
Richard Friend,
York |
Lance Gunderson,
Atlanta |
Tom Henfrey,
Bristol |
Patricia Holly,
Barcelona and Nairobi |
Dan Lewis,
Barcelona and Nairobi |
Rachna Leveque,
London |
Shuaib Lwasa,
Kampala |
Timon McPhearson,
New York |
Franco Montalto,
Philadelphia and Venice |
Luciana Nery,
Rio de Janeiro |
Henk Ovink,
The Hague |
Elisabeth Peyroux,
Paris |
Catherine Sutherland,
Durban |
Pakamas Thinphanga,
Bangkok |
Claire Weisz,
New York |
Daniel Zarrilli,
New York |
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