Cities After... The Dogma of Inter-Urban Competition

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[S01 E07] In this episode, Prof. Robles-Duran will attempt to shed some light on the impact of inter-urban competition as it is structured by supranational organizations, and how these organizations are the ones that are actually determining and deciding the contemporary urbanization patterns we all see around us, which include the dominant cultural strategies, property development trends, labor practices and the forms of municipal governance that make our cities today.

Cities After... is a bi-weekly podcast about the future of cities; grounded in our daily urban struggles, it is part dystopian and part utopian. The intention is to entice civic imagination into action, because a more just and sustainable urban future is possible.
Miguel Robles-Durán is an urbanist with expertise in the design and analysis of complex urban systems and urban political-ecology. He is an associate professor of urbanism and director of the graduate urban programs at The New School / Parsons School of Design in New York City. Read his full bio on our website.

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Thank you for this clear analysis of how our cities have been changed xxx

[williamlathan]

In the US, half the states give away everything to corporations. Cities got saddled with sports stadiums and gentrification.

[jillwklausen]

Wonderful series. I've shared it with our city's mayor.

[joethethunder]

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