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🔔Jingle All the Way through City Blocks: Cities are Communities Explore our ‘Cities are Communities’ domain, where cities embody more than just spaces; they're thriving communities. Here, we delve into the remarkable strength of community collaboration, emphasizing three core pillars: Health Empowerment, Citizen Engagement, and Spatial Justice. 🫀Health Empowerment We believe in the collective strength of communities to enhance health outcomes. By empowering individuals with the knowledge and resources they need, we can collectively create healthier, happier cities. 🫸🫷Citizen Engagement The heartbeat of every community lies in its people. Advocating for and fostering robust citizen engagement is at the core of our strategy. By encouraging public participation, we aim to build trust, enhance transparency, and ensure that diverse voices contribute to decision-making processes. ⚖️Spatial Justice We recognize the importance of creating just and equitable communities, irrespective of location or socioeconomic status. Addressing spatial inequalities and promoting inclusive urban development, we strive to build environments that offer opportunities for all individuals to thrive. The three thematic domains contribute to the vision of sustainable and desirable urban spaces as defined by you - our members. Your continued collaboration is the key to unlocking the potential of our shared urban future. We look forward to continuing the efforts in 2024 to promote and protect thriving communities. #citiesarecommunities #communities #spatialjustice

Exciting News! Check out the links below to explore our innovative approach to engaging #youthengagement in #urbanhealth initiatives.

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We're excited to announce a new City Advocacy Program! Kicking off in #Miami, this program was developed to identify and explore key topics, opportunities, and challenges facing global cities today—including density, climate resiliency, and social equity and access. The initiative's first public event will take shape as an opening panel discussion at the CTBUH 2024 Americas Conference, "Future Downtown: Density and Resiliency in Cities Across the Americas," 22 & 23 February, in Miami with: Francisco García Iglesias, Peter Murray OBE Lay Bee Yap Will Hunter Join us! https://lnkd.in/gWwwkxJB The City Advocacy Program will continue to materialize throughout the year in a series of activities (including events at our regional and international conferences), conversations, and case studies. The resulting outputs will gather, record, and develop critical information and data, enabling participants to confront challenges, leverage opportunities, and actively engage in policymaking in their own cities and regions. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g4CvfRuE #city #urbanism #policy #futureofcities

 How quickly does he build buildings, skyscrapers...  #METHODIGIDALI? When constructing with tower cranes, the time for lifting materials to the floor under construction cannot be less than the time for constructing the floor itself... - an axiom! Without lifting the last drop of concrete, you cannot build a floor!    #METHODIGIDALI - always builds the first floor when constructing a building, a skyscraper... If you do not take into account the lifting time of the building under construction (due to the smallness of 2 hours-4 hours), the construction time of any floor will be..."T1". Let's imagine that there is a plane around the floor under construction, onto which all the necessary materials for the construction of the floor were previously raised,as in the case of  #METHODIGIDALI (...there is no need to lift anything during the construction of the floor). In this case, the construction of the floor will occur in time - "T1". Now, even if we accept the shortest time required for lifting the materials that we raised to an imaginary plane, accept... “T1”. The total construction time with tower cranes will be 2"T1". Of course, above is not calculation, above is logical fabrication! Igidali Ashurbegov Rostov-on-Don Presentation of new technology  #METHODIGIDALI https://lnkd.in/eEpuYSx

🏗️Sustainable Development Spotlight! What if every resident in a community could easily access services–such as parks, grocery stores, libraries, and schools–in less than 20 minutes? What if neighborhoods in the U.S. had robust street life, allowing neighbors to bump into each other while walking to a market or sitting in a park? In my latest spotlight, gathered by the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) team, Ryan Smolar of Long Beach Fresh and PlacemakingUS discusses the idea of the 15-minute city–a concept out of Paris, France–which says neighborhoods should have most daily amenities accessible within 15 minutes by walk, bike, or public transit. Easy access to markets, parks, and other public spaces, all within a “15-minute” community, can: 🔹 Foster community connection 🔹 Strengthen the local economy 🔹 Eliminate food deserts 🔹 Reduce carbon emissions Learn more about equitable and sustainable urban development, and explore other stories from the field: https://lnkd.in/eZsuT9bf

👉 Alert, must read! A 2023 report by the European Environment Agency "Who benefits from #nature in cities? Social inequalities in access to urban #green and #blue spaces across Europe.", is still very accurate and worth sharing!   ❓ #DYK that targeted action to reduce inequalities in access to high-quality green space can maximise the health and well-being benefits of nature in cities? ❓#DYK that #Athens was ranked 3rd among 37 capital cities, based on its high percentage of urban green space?   National and local guidelines still vary across Europe, and guidance on how to ensure equal access across social groups is rare. That's where European projects like HEART project come in!    💚 HEART’s integrated approach aims to systematically improve #urban health and reduce health disparities through innovative #Blue-Green-Solutions-based implementation mechanisms of urban planning that embrace and promote health and well-being as a key planning criterion!

#goldenrulemonth This week, a strong wind uprooted and blew over two mature cherry trees in my back garden in London. The bereft feeling leaves an oddly hollow echo, like tracing a gap where a missing tooth should be. Placemaking is a kind of rootedness. Where and how we choose to live is at the heart of the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals and most especially #SDGGoal11, "making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable." Cities represent the future of global living. The world’s population reached 8 billion on 2022 , over 50% in urban areas. This figure is only expected to rise, with 70% of people expected to live in cities by 2050. The climate-resilient future, therefore, will be decided by the decisions we make for our citiies and how we choose to live in them. We will shape our buildings, and our buildings thereafter shape us. What would a golden rule city look and feel like? What if we were to treat our out citizens as we would wish to be treated? Moreover, what would it mean to treat the City herself as we would wish to be treated? In the 1986 movie, Crocodile Dundee, our antipodean bushman comes to New York City and asks haplessly, “How many people live in the city?”. On being told, “8 million”, he delivers the punchline: “All those people living together so cooped up together? New York must be the friendliest place in the world!” The joke is of course that New York is famously not the friendliest place in the world. And yet… The exhibition of kindness in city life is so common, so casual, that we omit to see it. It is the invisible currency which knits together our lives. Every petty interaction, every minor civility, every door-held-open-for-the-stranger-behind-me…. is a link in a chain of community. This idea of reciprocity is at its core of how we build our community; for every micro-aggression, there are at least a thousand micro-kindnesses, undetectable to the naked eye. These kindnesses are so frequent, so abundant, they become commonplace, we forget to see them; the acts of cruelty are only egregious because of their relative scarcity. And yet, we forget.. Moreover, the City becomes an imaginative space, where we re-invent ourselves. Every social interaction becomes more than the sum of its parts. The aggregation of every positive exchange becomes a beacon of possibility. Cities are themselves places of continuous reinvention, where we embrace futurity and celebrate tradition See the link for the discussion on urbanism I hosted at Misk Global #YouthMajlis, where 4 different views of how regenerative cities are brought into being: through youth activism in Asia, technology, civic leadership in South America and the creation of an entirely new urban model in Saudi Arabia with Temuulen Enkhbat Vice-Curator, Global Shapers, Ulaanbaatar Hub, Mongolia; David Henry CEO, of @; Mauricio Rodas Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador; Jan Wurzbacher Co-CEO and Founder of Climeworks.

🌆 Interested in the future of cities? Check out our series of insightful conversations with city leaders and urban planning experts, part of CTBUH's City Advocacy Forum! This new #CTBUH initiative addresses pressing issues in global cities, focusing on density, climate resiliency, social equity, and access. Join us as we explore these crucial topics and strive to create sustainable, inclusive urban environments. 🎥 Featured Video: Francisco García Iglesias, Principal at The Euclid Group and former Director of Planning and Zoning for City of Miami, discusses the vibrant city's development. 🌴 Watch the full interview at www.youtube.com/ctbuh Stay tuned for more announcements on engaging with urban leaders shaping our cities' future! Learn more about the City Advocacy Forum here: #CityAdvocacy #UrbanDevelopment #Sustainability #SocialEquity #ClimateResilience #UrbanLeaders #FutureOfCities #Miami

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 Last week, #UrbanOvation was thrilled to host a groundbreaking panel discussion, "Reality Check: The Young will Inherit the Cities We're Building Today!" With a dynamic panel of six young visionaries, moderated by Escape2Make's Jenny Natusch and UrbanPlaceNetwork Ltd.'s Jeremy Salmon, we delved into the expectations of the younger generation for the built environment. Our main takeaway? The passion and insight young people bring to urban development are invaluable. As veterans in city building, it's clear we need to listen more and engage young voices in co-design processes. Nearly every project stands to benefit from this fresh perspective. The event sparked vibrant discussions among over 30 visionaries, industry professionals, and representatives from key organizations, including the World Health Organization and the UK’s National Youth Agency. Conversations spanned crucial topics like sustainability, inclusivity, community-driven design, and the integration of technology in urban planning. Highlights included inspirational projects like #Escape2Make, reimagining youth centers for the modern age, and a teaser of the ambitious Green Lanes project in Liverpool—stay tuned for more on this from #UrbanOvation! The 90-minute session flew by, leaving us eager for more. This is just the beginning. Keep an eye on our page for upcoming events and further discussions! A special thank you to William Sebring, Jane Samson (she/her), Carolyn Sparshott, David Wood, Paul Wright, Ronnie Nathan, Diane Neville, Graham Marshall, Hyung-Tae Kim, Lydia Allen, Ed Matthews-Gentle, Harry Hoodless, Neil Hockin, Chester Breeden, Andrew Fong, Natalia Kolotneva, Pete Cooper, Peter Charnley, Gerald Parkes, Elliott Hale, MICHEL ŽALAC and everyone else who contributed to making this event a success. #BuiltEnvironment #YouthVoice #Sustainability #Inclusivity #CommunityDesign #Technology #YouthEmpowerment #Innovation #FutureCities #Visionaries #Collaboration