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Apr

Six Ideas from #citytalk for Sustainable Business

Categories: Arts and Culture, Buildings, Governance, Non-residential, People

Tags: cc

by Future Cape Town

Reaching over 140,000 followers, our recent #citytalk on Business and Sustainability drew over 90 participants from across the world. Here are 6 ideas for businesses to consider on the journey towards sustainability. Read more

Feb

Music and the City: Sonic Landscapes from Six US Cities

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, USA and Canada

Tags: Atlanta, cc, Detroit, Los Angeles, music, New Orleans, New York, Portland

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by Future Cape Town

The intersection of music and the city is a long-standing phenomenon, but how can this be framed or understood with more city specificity? Enter New American Noise - a film series collaboration considering the rise of distinct sounds and music styles around the United States. Read more

Feb

Recession Cities: Introducing our next #citytalk

Categories: Governance, People

Tags: cc, citytalk

Comments: 1

by Future Cape Town

Our cities and towns are the engines driving economic growth and account for almost 80 percent of the world’s GDP. But if cities are engines of growth, then they are also significantly affected by a recession. Join us for our next #citytalk tweetchat as we tackle Recession Cities. Read more

Jan

Food and the City – Your Ideas from #citytalk

Categories: Energy and Services, Planning

Tags: cc

Comments: 1

by Future Cape Town

This Big City and Future Cape Town hosted our first #citytalk tweetchat of 2013 last week, looking at Food and the City, which, after much discussion certainly provided food for thought. Read more

Jan

The Berg River: Reconnecting the Urban Fabric of Paarl

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: paarl

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by Future Cape Town

With a population of 190,000, Paarl is the largest urban entity in South Africa's Winelands district. The Berg River should be the centre of urban life in Paarl, but that is not the case. Thankfully, a new project is underway to breathe life back into one of Paarl’s greatest untapped assets. Read more

Dec

#citytalk Prepares for the Apocalypse

Categories: Energy and Services, Planning

Tags: cc, citytalk

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by Future Cape Town

It is a topic that we've been yearning to discuss for some time, and with the recent revolutions and disasters which have played out in cities across the globe, it seemed like the appropriate time to host a #citytalk tweetchat on Apocalypse Urbanism. Read more

Dec

Cities Without Borders

Categories: Europe, Planning, Urban Scale, USA and Canada

Tags: cc

Comments: 2

by Future Cape Town

Borders are expensive to maintain, inefficient and burdened down by bureaucratic red-tape. With increasing globalization and distances being rendered null and void by technology, borders—at least their physical forms—will in the future, become a thing of the past. Read more

Nov

Bringing Cities to Life with Light

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Arts and Culture, Europe, People, USA and Canada

Tags: Berlin, Cape Town, cc, New York

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by Future Cape Town

Light has a tremendous ability to transform a place. The use of light as an artistic medium, and a building as a canvas, can change an otherwise dark street in the city into an inviting, mesmerizing place to gather. Read more