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A podcast series exploring how urban planning is fostering change in contemporary society

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2022
Have you heard of ‘Heart Centered Cities’?
In this episode, we chat with Katrina Johnson-Zimmerman, an American urban anthropologist, founder and director at THINK.urban. She studies heart centered cities, in which a care mentality comes first, and focuses on a more humanistic approach to the building of cities.
March 28, 2022
23 min
2021
A history of land reform and peasant resistance in the Costa Chica region
In this episode, Ulises Moreno Tabarez, interdisciplinary geographer and Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Geography and Environment at the LSE talks about his experience living in the Costa Chica region (Mexico). He also discusses the historical links between land reform and peasant resistance in the region. In particular, his work looks at the impact of state and colonial land use and planning (through plantations, and now mining) on local populations, highlighting the importance of considering the racialised element of climate change. Finally, he tells us about the initiative Environmental Racism is Garbage, an interactive virtual research-creation and art symposium looking at waste as a symptom of environmental racism.
November 10, 2021
41 min
Queer spaces in London
In this episode, Emma Spruce, Teaching Fellow in Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights at the Department of Gender Studies (LSE) talks about their research on queer spaces in London with a focus on Brixton. In particular, they discuss the role of sexual progress narratives and experiences of LGBTQ+ sexuality in contemporary debates on urban change and urban activism in London.
October 5, 2021
20 min
What does ‘good growth’ mean for strategic planning in England?
Catriona Riddell is the Director of Catriona Riddell & Associates Ltd and former Director of Planning of the South East England Partnership Board. In this episode, Catriona explores the role of strategic planning in achieving good growth moving away from standard measures. In particular, she discusses the 2011 Localism Act, its consequences for Local Governments, cooperation between local authorities and duty to cooperate, strategic planning opportunities such as the London Stansted Cambridge Corridor and Thames Estuary.
September 9, 2021
21 min
The role of gender in building urban resilience
Emma Spruce is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Gender Studies, at the London School of Economics. Floriane Ortega is a manager at the Carbon Trust, an international consultancy helping businesses, governments and local authorities to reduce their carbon emissions. In this episode, Emma and Floriane explore and question the links between gender inequalities and urban resilience, discussing how gendered power relations play out in urban spaces and how they might increase in the aftermath of disaster.
August 16, 2021
36 min
How to boost local economy in Covid times?
In our fourth podcast in the Progressing Planning series, Meera Kumar, project officer at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), explores NJEDA's response to the Covid-19 crisis and looks at ideas on how to efficiently support the economy in difficult times. This podcast also discusses the role of NJEDA as an economic booster for Black and LatinX business owners and entrepreneurs, helping in accessing public and private capital and thinking how NJ cities can benefit from such investments.
July 16, 2021
16 min
The legal fiction of property law in the US
In this podcast, Dr Jessie Speer Assistant Professor in Human Geography at the London School of Economics delves into exclusionary property law in the US, looking at the “legal fiction of property law” to explore the insidious nature of a framework that centers on the right to exclude. She also talks about her book project, stressing the urgent humanity crisis around demolitions and insufficient anti-homeless policies. Jessie uses intersectionality to approach the plurality of housing experiences and the critical importance of including voices that are too often overlooked in theory and policymaking. She leaves us with her take on what she sees as a potential way forward in achieving fairer urban environments.
June 11, 2021
29 min
Helping displaced populations through a neighbourhood approach
In this episode, we had a discussion with Dr. Romola Sanyal , Associate Professor of Urban Geography at the London School of Economics. Romola has a PhD in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.  Her research focuses on forced migration and urbanisation. In this podcast Romola talks about her study on urban displaced populations and refugees. In particular, she discusses urban humanitarian policies to support displaced people in cities explaining the pros and cons of the neighbourhood approach.
May 14, 2021
29 min

About the podcast Progressing Planning

A podcast series exploring how urban planning is fostering change in contemporary society

Progressing Planning

About the podcast Progressing Planning

Categories

Have you heard of ‘Heart Centered Cities’?

A history of land reform and peasant resistance in the Costa Chica region

Queer spaces in London

What does ‘good growth’ mean for strategic planning in England?

The role of gender in building urban resilience

How to boost local economy in Covid times?

The legal fiction of property law in the US

Helping displaced populations through a neighbourhood approach

About the podcast Progressing Planning

Categories