Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

Welcome to the Green Urbanist Podcast. My name is Ross and this podcast is about how urbanists of all kinds can step up the climate emergency.This episode is Part 2 in a series on Climate Change is affecting and reshaping our cities. The topic is sea level rise and some of the points covered include:Why the sea level is rising more in some cities, and dropping in others.How melting ice caps shift Earth's rotation.The effect of melting glaciars on the oceanic circulation system, and what this could mean, andThe story of Jakarta, the megacity that is being consumed by the rising tide.Follow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodIntro music by Tanoihttps://www.instagram.com/tanoibandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5CO2UfOc9jkoImoS6Wmsx4?si=HmxCxRYkTreT7XCTW2G51gSourcesSea Level Risehttps://climate.nasa.gov/blog/3002/sea-level-101-part-two-all-sea-level-is-local/https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.htmlhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/will_climate_change_jam_the_global_ocean_conveyor_belthttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-careJakartahttps://jakartaglobe.id/context/jokowi-decides-jakartas-time-is-up-indonesias-new-capital-will-be-outside-javahttps://www.eco-business.com/news/jakartas-sea-level-prompts-a-move-at-a-price/https://www.wired.com/story/jakarta-is-sinking/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/jakarta-sinkinghttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/21/world/asia/jakarta-sinking-climate.htmlhttps://earth.org/data_visualization/sea-level-rise-by-the-end-of-the-century-alexandria-2/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44636934https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/jakarta-sinks-as-indonesian-capital-and-borneo-takes-on-mantle-20190826-p52- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

Welcome to the Green Urbanist Podcast, hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh. This podcast is all about how we can design and manage cities to reduce our carbon emissions, adapt to the climate emergency and live happier, healthier lives.Today's episode is a conversation with Conrad Richardson.Conrad is a mobility and climate activist with an international academic and professional background in urban and transport planning, engineering and design across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East. His experiences span the transport spectrum – he has worked on traditional infrastructure projects, such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as on cutting-edge projects, like the RTA Big Data Platform Project in Dubai, UAE. He also lectures in Universities on a wide variety of transport engineering and ‘Future of Mobility’ topics. Conrad travels far and frequently, increasingly off the beaten track... shooting photographs and creating short videos telling the stories of different places, which he shares on his instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/conrad.richardson/?hl=en). This conversation is very wide ranging but some of the topics covered include:Why skateboarders make good urbanists. How getting involved in student politics led to Conrad attending the United Nations Climate Conference in Warsaw.The magic of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems.Why every city has to get walking and cycling right. What it means to be a truly Smart City. How public transport can facilitate sustainable urban growth.Urban technological innovation in the developing world.Follow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodReferencesKinshasa traffic robot: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/mar/13/kinshasa-traffic-robots-robocops-in-picturesResearch on potential to build housing on car parks in England: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/research/article/2020-07-15-government-owned-car-parks-could-hold-the-key-to-110000-new-homes- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

Today's episode is Part 1 of a series about how climate change is affecting our cities. There are four episodes in this series, coming out over the coming months, with a different topic for each.Today's topic is heat and I cover the following issues:What is "Degrees Warming"?Extreme heat / heatwaves (Case study: Paris)Water shortages (Case studies: Nigeria and England)Correlation between heat and increased crime ratesFuture episodes in this series will cover water (sea level rise and flooding), food and society. Follow/subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date! Follow us on social media for additional content and news. Follow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodIntro music by Tanoihttps://www.instagram.com/tanoibandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5CO2UfOc9jkoImoS6Wmsx4?si=HmxCxRYkTreT7XCTW2G51gReferences:Many of the facts and figures come from The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells - an amazing book. Specific internet-based resources are shown below.Heathttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/world/europe/france-europe-extreme-heat.htmlhttps://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/06/paris-trees-famous-landmarks-garden-park-urban-forest-design/591835/https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/06/europe-heatwave-paris-climate-resilience-weather-hot/592729/IPCC, Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report, Summary for Policy MakersWaterhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47620228https://www.wired.co.uk/article/london-thames-water-leakshttps://www.circleofblue.org/2018/world/water-scarcity-looms-in-londons-future/#:~:text=In%20recent%20years%2C%20London%20has,is%20influenced%20by%20several%20factors.Crimehttps://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/files/ranson_2012-8.FINAL.pdfhttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b37/pdfhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GH000152https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc198- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

Welcome to the Green Urbanist. The podcast for urbanists fighting climate change. I'm Ross.Today's episode is an interview with Giulia Mori. Giulia is a Senior Energy and Sustainability Consultant with Tuffin Ferraby Taylor in London. One of her areas of expertise is wellbeing in the built environment. The focus of our conversation is how architecture and urban design affects our health.Wellbeing is a huge topic. To keep this conversation to a reasonable length, we've chosen to focus on three topics: Air Quality, Thermal Comfort and Sedentary lifestyle. If you're unfamiliar with the term, Thermal Comfort is to do with how we experience temperature and the effect of this on our productivity and health.There are many many more aspects of wellbeing that we didn't have time to cover. For instance we didn't talk about nutrition, mental health, the importance of community or biophilia, our innate connection with the natural world. If you enjoy this episode, and you want to know more, Giulia can come back for another episode to talk about these topics.We are recording this in July 2020, when Covid-19 is still very much present in the world so we do talk about infectious disease towards the end of the podcast.Finally, just a point on some terminology. Giulia mentions two things you may be unfamiliar with - these are the Well Building Standard and the Fitwell standard. These are rating systems that you can follow when designing or retrofitting a building to make it as healthy as possible. A lot of what Giulia does is helping architects and developers to apply these standards to their buildings so they can be certified under Well or Fitwell. We don't go into depth on the standards, but just be aware that they exist as we do mention them in passing a few times.Contact Giulia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giulia-mori-b91492120/Follow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodIntro music by Tanoihttps://www.instagram.com/tanoibandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5CO2UfOc9jkoImoS6Wmsx4?si=HmxCxRYkTreT7XCTW2G51g- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

Many cities around the world have declared a climate emergency and have committed to reducing their carbon emissions to zero. But where should they start? How do cities make the transition from business as usual to meaningful action on climate change? In this episode, I discuss three actions that all cities need to take as they transition to carbon neutrality.Sources:https://report.gndforeurope.com/https://urbantransitions.global/urban-opportunity/https://energy-cities.eu/project/zero-carbon-cities/https://www.businessinsider.com/us-life-expectancy-declined-for-third-year-in-a-row-2019-11?r=US&IR=TFollow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodIntro music by Tanoihttps://www.instagram.com/tanoibandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5CO2UfOc9jkoImoS6Wmsx4?si=HmxCxRYkTreT7XCTW2G51g- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

In this episode, I take a look at one scenario for Britain achieving zero carbon emissions put forward by the Centre for Alternative Energy (CAT) in their report called Zero Carbon Britain.CAT describe the report like this:"Incorporating work from the last 12 years of Zero Carbon Britain research and the latest scientific and technological developments, the report presents a technically feasible scenario showcasing a future Zero Carbon Britain using only proven technology."I present a summary of the report with a focus on the elements of most interest to urbanists. Think of it as a primer for understanding the high level actions that need to be taken as we transition to zero carbon emissions.Read the full report here:https://www.cat.org.uk/info-resources/zero-carbon-britain/Follow the podcast on social mediahttps://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodIntro music by Tanoihttps://www.instagram.com/tanoibandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5CO2UfOc9jkoImoS6Wmsx4?si=HmxCxRYkTreT7XCTW2G51g- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

A short introduction episode for first time listeners.https://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpod- - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Work Together Get in touch Urban Wilding Hub GatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping tool The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.