Search Results for: Urban and Regional Planning
Presentation | 2015
Implementing Progressive Planning in Niterói, Brazil, Where Rhetoric Meets Practice
Abigail Friendly
While Brazilian cities are popularly characterized by their inequality, Brazil is also known for its progressive national urban policies. This talk explores the contrast between these progressive ideals and how they play out in practice. On the ground, how do power relations and the organization of civil society influence participatory and socially-just planning?
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Presentation | 2015
National Guidelines for the Smart Cities in India
Bharat Punjabi
Presentation by IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Bharat Punjabi at the Global Cities Institute Thematic Round Table: A Dialogue on Smart Cities, at the University of Toronto, on June 29, 2015.
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Presentation | 2015
Planning the City, Demarcating the Watershed
Bharat Punjabi
Presentation delivered by IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Bharat Punjabi at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, in Vancouver, on June 3, 2015.
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Presentation | 2015
Big City, Big Ideas: Cities, Museums, and Soft Power
Gail Lord and Ngaire Blakenberg
Internationally renowned cultural planners Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg discuss how and why museums and cities can work together to activate their soft power - influence through attraction, persuasion and agenda-setting.
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Presentation | 2015
Urban and Transport Planning: The Grand Paris Project Example
Catherine Barbé
In this presentation, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, explored about some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, and insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Video | 2014
Métropole du Grand Paris: Planning and Integrating the Paris Metropolitan Region
Catherine Barbé
In this video, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, shares some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, with insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Presentation | 2014
Universities, Cities, & Prosperity: An Agenda for the Future
Meric Gertler
A strong university helps build a strong city, and vice versa. Universities impart innovative dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions. They are stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. And they connect their host regions to the world. What role should the University of Toronto play in our region’s future?
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Video | 2014
Universities, Cities and Prosperity: An Agenda for the Future
Meric Gertler
In this video, University of Toronto President Meric Gertler delivers a public talk at IMFG, as part of the ongoing Big City, Big Ideas lecture series organized by IMFG at its partners, entitled “Universities, Cities and Prosperity: An Agenda for the Future.” The event was moderated by Alan Broadbent.
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