Future Cities episode 39: Black History Month Spotlight - Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd
Urban Resilience Podcast
Future Cities episode 39: Black History Month Spotlight - Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd (Instagram @marsh4fsu, Twitter @DrShepherd2013) is a distinguished meteorologist, professor, writer, podcaster… and that only begins to share all his accomplishments! Here he chats with Robert Lloyd
Future Cities episode 38: Coastal Resilience in the Hudson Valley
The Hudson River flows from the alpine peaks of New York State’s Adirondack Mountains to the harbor of New York City. Its tidal valley includes diverse suburban communities and post-industrial
Future Cities episode 37: Community Organizing for Wetland Conservation and the Green Commons
Host Jason Sauer (PhD candidate, ASU) talks with researcher Heidy Correa (Master of Science, Universidad Austral de Chile) about a grassroots community organization in Valdivia, Chile, that was instrumental in
Future Cities episode 36: Learning to Live With Water in New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana faces ecological challenges, but also social challenges in learning to adapt to climate change and to adopt new water management techniques. The existing stormwater infrastructure isn’t cutting
Future Cities episode 35: Pedestrian Deaths in America
Pedestrian deaths in the United States have risen by 50% since 2009, with over 6,000 pedestrians dying in 2018 alone. In this month's episode, Stephen Elser (@stephen_elser) talks with our
Future Cities episode 34: Building Smart, Affordable Communities
Roughly 1.6 billion people across the world live in inadequate, unsafe, and overcrowded shelter. In this episode, Stephen Elser (@stephen_elser) interviews Alan Marcus, the Chief Digital Strategy Officer of Planet
Future Cities episode 33: The Many Names for Urban Nature
There are many ways to refer to nature in cities: urban green space, nature-based solutions, green infrastructure… But which name is best? Does it really even matter what names we
Future Cities episode 32: There are such things as vacant lots
Dr. Elsa Anderson stops by the show to talk with us about vacant lots and urban biodiversity, or how urban areas can provide spaces for many species of plants and
Future Cities episode 31: Infrastructure Resilience and Biomimicry
In today’s rapidly evolving climate, and amid unprecedented technological disruptions, engineers and designers seek infrastructure solutions that are resilient to both known and unknown future conditions. This podcast explores the
Future Cities episode 30: Resilience in the face of COVID-19
Cities are at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, but what happens in cities once a pandemic takes hold? What systems are failing? Are cities prepared to simultaneously deal with
Future Cities episode 29: Trees to help our cities breathe
We all know that trees provide all sorts of benefits to people, right? But different trees provide different benefits and trees will only provide those benefits if we can make
Future Cities episode 28: Improve our cities through urban ecology
In this episode, we explore the field of urban ecology and the challenges of doing social-ecological research. Stephen Elser (@stephen_elser) interviews Dr. Dan Childers, a professor at Arizona State University