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Arab Cities

Arab Cities

Lessons from Amman

Population density in Amman (Source: Metropolitan Amman: Comprehensive Climate Plans, November 2020) I am a big fan of the work of the urban geographer Myriam ...

Resilience

Resilience

The Role of Technology in City Resilience

I’ve found myself reflecting on the role of technology more these days. It is definitely a means, not an end, in my world, and it ...

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

What if? A short piece…

… on Sustainable Cities of course! Thank you Voices of Future Generations for the chance to write for a younger audience… thoroughly enjoyed the experience ...

Climate Change

Climate Change

Changing the 20th century paradigm for Arid Cities

I wrote my latest piece for Nature of Cities on the work we have undertaken at Arup on planning and designing a more sustainable future ...

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How do you imagine a new post-virus “normal”?

Along with 57 other urban environment professionals, I was invited to share my thoughts on ...
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Resilience in the time of Corona

Whatever a post-COVID-19 world looks like, I\’m hoping that it will bring a renewed understanding ...
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Short interview with TGU

Urban Ecology in Arid Cities from Hollings Center on Vimeo. Urban Ecology in Arid Cities from Hollings ...
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Beyond ‘green’

I was at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) event in Abu Dhabi last week, ...
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The Nature of Cities Summit – what a week!

I can’t remember the last time I was at a conference that was this much ...
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Green Spaces in the desert? (Part II)

The obsession with green in cities could be better managed if the binary of desert ...
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