Find out the winner and the honorable mentions of the CitiesToBe Photo Award 2023!
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
Cecilia Tham: «Autonomous vehicles and AI will help us to optimize urban metabolism»
By
CEO & Co-Founder of Futurity Systems
Smart Buildings: 7 keys to build better cities for all
By
Director of Research & Urban Innovation at Anteverti
What are we talking about when we talk about smart buildings? Our team shares seven practical guidelines to improve our cities through architecture.
Claudio Orrego: «Metropolitan challenges cannot be solved at the national nor local level»
By
Governor of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile
Jung-hoon Lee: «Smart cities differ from one continent to another»
By
Professor of Technology & Innovation Management at Yonsei University and Member of National Smart City Committee of the Republic of Korea
Roman Demyanenko: «Documentary photography can be a powerful weapon of social justice»
By
Documentary photographer & Winner of the CitiesToBe Photo Award 2020
We speak with the CitiesToBe Photo Award 2020 winner about the social role of documentary photography and his work on cities in the post-Soviet setting.
Martha Thorne: «Public space has to enable the idea of community»
By
Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design & Advisor to the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Elkin Velásquez "Latin American cities face one main challenge: inequality"
By
UN-Habitat Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Gender Balance in Conferences: Challenging? Yes, but doable too
By
Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in Anteverti, Expert in Urban Sociology & CitiesToBe Director
Why are women still underrepresented at most major world conferences? Anteverti experts explain how it is possible not only to reverse this situation, but also to create a much enriching global conversation on our cities' future.
Janette Sadik-Khan: "Urban innovation takes just some imagination and political courage"
By
Former New York City Transportation Commissioner and Principal at Bloomberg Associates
Sameh Wahba: "Urban resilience is the ability of cities to become stronger"
By
Global Director of Resilience at the World Bank
Cities moving into the Metaverse: an augmented, but better reality?
By
Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in Anteverti, Expert in Urban Sociology & CitiesToBe Director
Can the Metaverse be useful to improve people's lives? As its boom raises questions, our experts explore how cities are already tapping into its potential today.
Catherine D'Ignazio: «Cities don't think about gender enough»
By
Professor of Urban Science and Planning at Massachussets Institute of Technology
Martin Brynskov: "The way cities are organized is 200 years old"
By
Chair of Open & Agile Smart Cities and associate professor in interaction technologies at Aarhus University
The call of the CitiesToBe Photo Award 2023 is now open!
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
The second edition of Anteverti's international urban photography contest will receive entries until February 12, 2023.
Pontus Westerberg: how video games can push community-led urban planning
By
Programme Management Officer at UN-Habitat & Block by Block programme Special Advisor
Climate change | Laura Tenenbaum: «Scientists and city planners cannot stay siloed»
By
Science communicator · former senior Science Editor of NASA’s Global Climate Change website
What will 2023 bring for cities? Our 10 predictions
By
Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture
This is Anteverti team's prediction on the topics that will shape the conversation on cities in 2023.
Natalia Olson-Urtecho: "Disruption means deciding outside the box"
By
Co-Founder and Innovation Officer of The Disruptive Factory and expert in public policies and public engagement
Tatiana Gallego: "Financing urban infrastructure is a real challenge for Latin American cities"
By
Division Chief for Housing and Urban Development at the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
A new generation of Urban Agendas: 3 keys to make them a vector of global transformation
By
Former Consulting Director at Anteverti & Expert in Urban Sustainability, Public Policies and Citizen Engagement
How can the New Urban Agendas help to overcome siloed urban management and adapt it to today's digital reality? Anteverti team highlights 3 keys.
Juliet Schor: "We see a '99% to 1%' inequality in many cities"
By
Professor of Sociology at Boston College and researcher
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Pilar Conesa
By
CEO of anteverti & Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress
We interview Pilar Conesa, CEO of Anteverti and Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress.
Alice Charles: «Mayors look for solutions with the greatest cost-benefit»
By
Cities and Urban Development Lead at the World Economic Forum
Kilian Kleinschmidt: “All cities are refugee camps”
By
Entrepreneur and advisor. Former UNHCR official.
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Maria Galindo Garcia-Delgado
By
Director-general for Digital Nation & Urban Agenda of the Government of Catalonia
Maria Galindo, Director General of Digital Nation & Urban Agenda of the Government of Catalonia, answers to our 10-item questionnaire.
Mikael Colville-Andersen: “We need to create a space for cycling in cities”
By
Urbanist, designer, author & inspirational speaker
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Agustí Fernández de Losada
By
Senior Research Fellow & Director of the Global Cities Programme at CIDOB
Agustí Fernández de Losada, CIDOB’s Senior Research Fellow & Director of the Global Cities Programme, answers to our 10-item questionnaire.
Emilia Saiz: "Cooperation should be at the core of cities”
By
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Sladjana Mijatovic: “Cities are a great opportunity to change systems”
By
Program Manager Circular Economy & Innovation at City of Amsterdam
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Pedro Vidal Matamala
By
Executive Secretary of the Coordination of Intelligent Transport Systems of the Ministry of Transport & Telecommunications of Chile
We interview Pedro Vidal, Executive Secretary of the National Program for the Traffic Control Operational Unit of Chile.
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Dr. Hila Oren
By
CEO of The Tel Aviv Foundation
Dr. Hila Oren, CEO of The Tel Aviv Foundation, answers to our 10-item questionnaire about urban innovation and the future of cities.
Jeff Merritt: “Data-driven cities bring benefits and vulnerabilities”
By
Director of Innovation, new head of IoT at WEF4IR
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Esteve Almirall
By
Professor of Innovation & Director of Center for Innovation in Cities at Esade Business Law School
What is the most innovative city in the world? Esteve Almirall, Professor of Innovation at Esade, answers to our 10-item questionnaire.
Maya Wiley: "We see the challenges of a society in cities"
By
Civil rights activist and board chair of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board
Linda Weiss: “Global issues need to start from a city level”
By
Professor of political science at the University of Sydney
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Diego Fernández
By
Secretary of Innovation & Digital Transformation of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires' Secretary of Innovation & Digital Transformation Diego Fernández answers to our 10-item questionnaire.
Joan Clos: «Good urbanisation requires a collective effort»
By
Former Executive Director of UN-Habitat
Raquel Rolnik: «We need the right to the city more than ever»
By
Prof. at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at University of São Paulo
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Vicente Guallart
By
Founder of the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia & Director of Valldaura Labs
Vicente Guallart, the founder of the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, answers to our 10-item questionnaire about cities.
Gabriella Gómez-Mont: «Cities are the best vehicle for ideas to travel»
By
Chief Creativity Officer at Laboratorio para la Ciudad. México City
Parvati Nair: "Urbanisation wouldn't happen without migration"
By
Director of the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Anna Gener
By
CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona
Anna Gener, CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona, answers to our 10-item questionnaire about urban innovation.
Darko Radovic: "The city is a special projection of society on the ground"
By
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Keio University
Inazio Martínez de Arano: «Forests belong to the urban domain»
By
Head of Office in European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office
10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Sameh Wahba
By
Global Director of Resilience at the World Bank
World Bank's Sameh Wahba answers to our 10-item questionnaire about urban innovation.
Kumaresh Mishra: «Urban development is a fact»
By
Former Deputy Secretary General Habitat III Conference. United Nations
Amador Ferrer: "One challenge for urbanists is demographic growth"
By
Architect and Professor at Universitat Ramón Llull
Lacina Koné: "The Covid-19 pandemic provided African cities with an opportunity to shift the mindset"
By
Director General of Smart Africa
We talk with Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa, about how technology is helping African cities cope with their demographic boom while facing Covid-19.
Bahaaeddin Alhaddad: "Happines in cities is not a new subject"
By
Space Business Development and Urban Remote Sensing at Starlab Ltd
Dan Lewis: "We need to look at the immigration flows as flows of assets"
By
President, Westcoast International. Forrmer Chief Urban Risk Reduction, UN Habitat
Emilia Sáiz: "During the pandemic, local governments have engaged not just in collaboration, but in collective learning"
By
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
To UCLG's Secretary General Emilia Sáiz, "During the pandemic, local governments have engaged not just in collaboration, but in collective learning".
A year of hyper-accelerated digital transformation: what our cities and societies have learned
By
CEO of anteverti & Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress
What have we learned from the intersection between this pandemic year, life in cities and digital transformation? Our team has identified four areas and trends where the way forward is clearer today than it was a year ago.
Turning a year of pandemic into inclusive growth: 4 keys for cities
By
Consultant at anteverti & Expert in New Business Models
The pandemic has been a system-wide shock - but also an opportunity to definitely update our cities’ economic model to the digital age and to the ecological transition while putting people at the core.
The indispensability of urban innovation: 5 examples on how it has proven crucial for cities to face the Covid-19 crisis
By
Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in Anteverti, Expert in Urban Sociology & CitiesToBe Director
From more human-centered urban spaces to new housing concepts, let's hope the disruptive period unleashed by the pandemic to be an igniter to start making things better in our cities.
Cities and internationalization: 4 trends that are shaping a new scenario of opportunities
By
Senior Consultant at anteverti, Researcher & Expert in Internationalization and Global Governance
Cities and peri-urban territories must see today’s situation – and recent digital hyper-acceleration– as an opportunity to reposition themselves on the global map.
A decarbonized recovery against climate emergency: 3 lessons cities have learned during the pandemic
By
Former Consulting Director at Anteverti & Expert in Urban Sustainability, Public Policies and Citizen Engagement
During the pandemic, cities found that they could contain the virus while fighting the climate emergency through quick and low-cost solutions. Now, how can we translate these learnings – and the European Green Deal – into zero-carbon cities?
5 reasons why metropolitan cooperation and city alliances are key for a resilient post-pandemic future
By
CEO of anteverti & Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress
Our expert analysis | No city is big enough to face this pandemic alone, and multi-level and-stakeholder alliances can and should be an accelerator of global urban resilience.
Technology and innovation in post-pandemic cities: How will priorities change? | A conversation with global experts (II)
By
CEO of anteverti & Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress
What are the urban challenges prompted by Covid-19 where technology and innovation can make a difference – and how? Global experts talk.
How will Covid-19 change the way cities work? | A conversation with global experts (I)
By
Professor at the Sorbonne University & Mayor of Paris’ Special Representative for Smart Cities
Carlos Moreno, Catherine D'Ignazio, Elkin Velásquez, Emilia Sáiz and Laura Faye Tenembaum share their views on the future of cities after Covid-19.
Covid-19 and the future of cities: 6 trends that will change urban economies
By
Public Sector Innovation Business Development Consultant at i2CAT Foundation and Expert in Digital Transition
Our expert analysis | From virtual experiences to Covid-free certificates – what are the trends that will dominate the future evolution of urban economy?
Covid-19 and the future of cities: 5 keys to keep moving towards local sustainability
By
Former Consulting Director at Anteverti & Expert in Urban Sustainability, Public Policies and Citizen Engagement
Our analysis | How can cities mitigate the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 while preserving the positive environmental side effects of the quarantine?
Covid-19 and the future of cities: How are public space and social life going to change?
By
Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in Anteverti, Expert in Urban Sociology & CitiesToBe Director
Our expert analysis | The pandemic has made visible a series of pre-existing socio-economic issues of contemporary cities.
Covid-19 and the future of cities: 9 emerging trends in digital transformation
By
Director of Research & Urban Innovation at Anteverti
Our expert analysis | The pandemic has accelerated many digitalization processes that were predicted to be more gradual – and urban management has been no exception.
Here is the winner of the CitiesToBe Photo Award – and the 10 Honorary Mentions
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
The Jury reviewed 533 photographs from 60 countries.
2019 in Urban Challenges: CitiesToBe review of the Year
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
Feminist urbanism, creativity for sustainability, radical inclusion and growing inequalities: we list this year's most popular topics according to the visitors of this blog, as 2019 comes to an end and we welcome a new decade.
Finding inspiration in urban complexity: 1st edition of the CitiesToBe Photo Award launched!
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
If you love cities as much as photography, submit your entry for the CitiesToBe Photo Award before 16th February 2020!
Urban innovation matters: 10 articles and resources to highlight why
By
Head of Communications & CitiesToBe Executive Editor
The importance of data, research and experiment; thinking outside of the box; a human-centered digitalization approach; putting people at the core: these are some of the keys to foster smarter cities, according to our team's expertise.
Emilia Sáiz: "Competition among cities is not an impediment for cooperation"
By
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
«Think globally, act locally.» The world has changed a lot since the first decades of the 20th century, when the Scottish
Creativity is boosting urban sustainability – and here are 10 examples
By
Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture
Art and Science are probably not two disciplines you would think about merging when approaching the fight against climate change.
How can feminist urbanism help build more equal cities? Lessons from Latin America
By
Advisor for the Women and Inclusive Growth at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and researcher
Urban spaces still often mirror gender inequality, but feminist urbanism-activism can be a powerful vector to move towards more equal, inclusive and safe cities – as it is happening in Latin America.
Cities leading the fight against climate change
By
Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture
Cities hold the key to tackling climate change given that they are responsible for 80% of global emissions.
Our cities in 2017: the technologies that matter
By
Author and consultant
A review of what’s moving, to better understand where to act.
A glimpse into global challenges through global experts
By
Consultant & Urban Expert
The world we live in is bringing a picture of global challenges when we try to discern between risks and opportunities.
Public Spaces in African cities
By
Urbanist and Director of Our Future Cities
African public spaces are complex, especially so against the backdrop of fast urbanising cities and increasing socio-economic volatility.
Youth engagement in politics
By
Head of Knowledge & Policy at Climate Infrastructure Partnership
Youth engagement in politics encourages youth to become actors rather than subjects.
Jane Jacobs, Eyes on the street
By
Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in Anteverti, Expert in Urban Sociology & CitiesToBe Director
On the 100th anniversary of Jane Jacobs, her new perspective to urbanism is remembered.
What Makes A Thriving And Interesting City? Something Called Collision Density
By
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Boyd Cohen states that the growth of collision density results in urban entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Smart City 2.0: Cities of and for the people
By
Professor of Innovation & Director of Center for Innovation in Cities at Esade Business Law School
We are witnessing a transition point, a moment of change in the understanding of what a Smart City is.
Manu Fernández: "Smart city projects need contextualization"
By
Director of Research & Urban Innovation at Anteverti
To Manu Fernández the smart city as urban proposal seeks to provide a framework to explain and sort out the digital presence in the city that is becoming normal in the urban realm.
