Excerpts from experts who were together to debate and discuss.
Oscar Salemink, Professor of Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam
“Cities are outcomes of political decisions”
Nicholas You, Senior Advisor Policy & Strategic Planning, United Nations Habitat
“The key challenge today is that 2 billion people are not having their basic needs met”
“A key factor is a sense of place, it’s how you identify with your community”
Nicolas You, Senior Advisor Policy & Strategic Planning, United Nations
“My priorities are the importance of education, getting people involved in development of their neighbourhood, role of a knowledge society.”
Nicholas You, Senior Advisor Policy & Strategic Planning, United Nations
Nicholas’ feedback on the Sustainable Habitat 2020 film, stating that actually the film encapsulates everything that is being done, metaphorically in a single building.
Stefano Marzano, Chief Design Officer, Royal Philips Electronics
“We are discussing the right topics… people have the right for a certain quality of life, what are solutions to globally improve the levels of quality of life?”
Harry Verhaar, Senior Director Energy & Climate Change at Philips Lighting
Discussing the simplification of cities, how human nature resists change. Example of LED lighting. Livable cities should make people’s lives simpler.
“How do we measure our consumption in cities and with energy, are we blinded by our growth measures such as GDP?”
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The Livable Cities think tank has identified three important and interlinked ingredients to guide successful urban transformation: Authenticity, Inclusion and Resilience (AIR).
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This report focuses on principles for the livable cities of the future.
This insight focuses on three important and interlinked ingredients of a livable city.
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