Chicago is a national leader in open data and civic analytics. Chicago's Chief Data Officer Tom Schenk joins me to talk about what they have been up to. Topics include: 0:00 - Intro and “Pre-Crime” f

A photo series dedicated to the lesser-seen sides of billboards inadvertently raises some deep questions.

This week we explore housing projects and how to make them work, from Sydney’s most notorious and somewhat unusual Sirius Building to Singapore’s social housing and the UK’s infamous council estates.

I am so excited to announce the launch of my first major project in a long time – a new podcast host...

by Chelsea Mauldin, Public Policy Lab & Natalia Radywyl, Fjord Article 5 in the series Data, Design ...

As municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe shift from building sprawling single-family housin...

This episode explores the opportunity and the hope of cities designed for people, as captured by the 'Open Streets' movement.

There’s a correlation between the built environment and the way we feel as an individual but how does that apply to the population as a whole? This week we assess if there’s such a thing as a “collect

Ideas that shape the city of the future.

The city signs you see are intentionally designed to make your life easier.

Compass and ruler in hand, we examine the history and politics behind the mapping of our cities. We look at new approaches in Toronto and find out more about the Graphia project, where Scandinavian ae

The U.S. Forest Service has continued to refine the valuable i-Tree software program, which allows cities to calculate the benefits, in dollar figures, of the urban forest.

Data from location-based social networks may be able to predict when a neighbourhood will go through the process of gentrification, by identifying areas with high social diversity and high deprivation.

An interview with Joel Kotkin on his new book "The Human City." Topics include: 0:00 - Why do you hate cities so much, Joel? 1:30 - What makes something a human city? 3:05 - How do cities and familie

A scholar argues that suburbs have complex urban qualities, but they are poorly understood.