INCLUSIVE URBAN FUTURES
Inclusive Urban Futures explores one of the defining questions of our time: how do we build inclusive urban futures in a world shaped by rapid urbanisation, technological disruption, demographic change, climate transition, and shifting patterns of investment and power?
Hosted by Dr. Orna Rosenfeld, global advisor on housing systems, investment and inclusion, the podcast brings together leaders, policymakers, researchers, investors, practitioners and innovators from around the world to examine the forces shaping the future of cities and societies.
Through conversations, reflections and thought leadership, Inclusive Urban Futures explores topics including housing affordability, urban development, social cohesion, migration, climate adaptation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), governance, and the evolving geography of urban growth. Episodes draw on perspectives from across disciplines, sectors and global regions, connecting global trends with practical experience and implementation.
Produced by the Inclusive Urban Futures Association, the podcast creates a space for dialogue across boundaries and borders — linking ideas with action, policy with practice, and ambition with delivery. It is a platform for exploring how inclusion can be embedded in the systems, institutions and investments that will shape the future of urban life.
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INCLUSIVE URBAN FUTURES
INCLUSIVE URBAN FUTURES - Interview with Wei Yang, PhD
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COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we use and think about our cities. In many ways, the pandemic has brought people closer together, emphasising the importance of our neighbourhoods and communities. It has changed the way we work. However, Covid- 19 has also exposed the inequality that has existed before the pandemic and raised the matters of inclusion high on the recovery agenda. These issues have a direct effect on the present and the future of urban planning and design.
In this interview of the INCLUSIVE URBAN FUTURES, we talk with Wei Yang, PhD, Immediate Past President of the Royal Town and Planning Institute (RTPI) in the United Kingdom, Chair of Wei Yang & Partners, Honorary Professor at UCL, FAcSS FRTPI.
Dr Yang underlines the crucial role the planning profession, urban planners, and designers have to play at this moment in time. She discusses the ways the planning profession in the UK and internationally should be modernised to meet the current changes in city design, as well as more effectively advance inclusion, community cohesion, and combat inequality.
“Inequality, equality, and inclusion [and spatial design] are strongly connected” she highlights. “For example, during quarantine, a lot of people worked at home. Those that have access to the internet, had access to education, work, good services, entertainment. But [access to the internet] doesn’t mean you have good access to light, space, and clean air. Therefore, spatial inclusion has become a priority”
Dr Yang said among other important issues and emphasised that access to technology as well as light, clean air, and space are key to providing a better quality of life and inclusion in society. To discover more tune in and listen to this INCLUSIVE URBAN FUTURES episode!
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