‘Rooting’ for Change
We were ravenous after biking in the hot sun, over 14 kilometers (which let me tell you, is a lot...
Dutch Certifications: Inside Amsterdam’s Food Chain
Authored by Connor White and Catherine Maher Introduction to Food Certifications in the Netherlands Food policy is an integral...
Urban Gardens as Local Food: A Portrait of Voedseltuin IJplein
Voedseltuin IJplein is an urban community garden located in Amsterdam Noord overlooking the IJ. After volunteering at Voedseltuin IJplein, these...
An Imagined Chinatown
Always looking West There is a common Western perception of Chinatown. You may imagine paifang gateways and golden lions, plumes...
Nothing to Hide: Camera Surveillance at Bos en Lommerplein
Normalised surveillance Every day, we are tracked and watched by a vast surveillance infrastructure. Most of the time, we are...
Developing the Inclusive City Centre: Frankfurt am Main
We are off on another adventure in our Frankfurt Urban Development series. After discussing the cycling infrastructure, car centered streets...
Self-driving Cars in Boston: Opportunities and Threats for Real Estate Development and Influence on the Character of Cities
After moving from Europe, I discovered quickly that Boston, which was founded in the 17th century and is located on...
Developing Sovereignty in Nairobi’s Internet of Things
Over the last few months I have been lucky enough to visit numerous startups in Nairobi (Nairobi is one of...
Citizen science as a means of democratizing urban environments
Cities for the people, by the people In line with the aspirations of great urban activists like Jane Jacobs and...
lidovienna: Time Travelling the Urban Development of Vienna’s Other River Bank
Researchers from TU Wien have been digging deep into Vienna’s long urban planning history to retrace the paths, contexts and...
