Half the world’s population now lives in urban areas and this presents both challenges and opportunities. My background is in planning and anthropology and I think this is a good combination for trying to understand the complex inter-relationships that exist in cities.
I have worked for Arup for about twenty years and recent activities have included research on urbanisation for Arup’s Drivers of Change programme, research on urban mobility for the World Economic Forum, and current work with the UK Government on low emission vehicles. I have also been working with the C40 Cities on a programme of UrbanLife workshops to address climate change and resilience.
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I am arguing against the motion in an Arup-organised debate that “This house believes that London will never have world class integrated transport infrastructure”. Why? Because I believe that London already has world-class integrated...
A colleague of mine favours the expression that...
The UK government has published its...
The world’s population is forecast to reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to the United Nations, which presents both a challenge and an opportunity for us all. With more than half of these people living in urban areas, new ways...
