Smart City

This week's Smart City features discussions with Harvard economist Ed Glaeser about shrinking cities, and with urban design critic Randy Gragg about interactive art and urban design projects.

This week's episode of Smart City features a discussion with planner Larry Beasley about how love can be an economic driver for cities, and how planning around emotions can improve cities.

Walkability improves home values, according to a new report. Smart City talks with economist Joe Cortright about the study, and with IBM about its new "Smarter Cities" technology report.

This episode of Smart City examines some new thinking in the realm of city tourism, focusing providing visitors more authentic experiences.

This week's episode of Smart City explores what makes a city successful and tracks the future of the green job market.

Downtowns can be designed to both reduce driving and boost the economy. But they're still going to need parking, according to urban designers George Crandall and Don Arambula.

On this episode of Smart City, Scott Bernstein of the Center for Neighborhood Technology discusses the Housing and Transportation Affordability Index.

Smart City talks with economist Ed Glaeser and architecture critic Randy Gragg about cities, their histories and their futures.

This episode of Smart City includes a discussion about charrettes with Bill Lennertz of the National Charrette Institute.

This episode of Smart City looks at riverfront redevelopment as a tool for recreating cities.

Walkable neighborhoods will be the new American dream, according to land strategist and developer Chris Leinberger in this interview from Smart City.

Smart City interviews Chicago's branding expert, Paul O'Connor, about how to brand a city.

Imagining new uses for outdated railroads is creating exciting new opportunities for central cities.

Smart City Radio interviews Alex Garvin on planning for the Olympics to Atlanta's Beltline.

The research is in, and the results are clear: parks add economic value to cities.

Miami promises to throw out its antiquated zoning code and start anew to make Miami the city its citizens want it to be.

Author Dan Pink and architect and planner Andres Duany are guests on this week's Smart City Radio Show.

60 million new Americans will need new schools, new roads, new water systems, just as states and cities have hit hard times.

Design is a too-often overlooked asset that adds value to cities.

When it comes to developing a city, the second time around is not easier.