The ethical city contrasts with both the livable city and the neoliberal city.
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“an ethic of care has really surfaced as a rallying point for action in the Anthropocene.” Professor Wendy Steele.
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Ethical Cities online course to commence from 29 March 2021.
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Our new book on Ethical Cities is now available for pre-order from Routledge.
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Typhoon Faxai left many people without power and other services for several days when it hit the greater Tokyo region in September.
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Totnes shows how a small, rural town can build community resilience at a time when local budgets are under strain.
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The city where the Kyoto Protocol was signed resolved some years ago to move away from cars and towards low-emission alternatives for getting around. And it's making real progress towards that goal.
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Remnants of the tram system can be found across Kyoto. Japan’s oldest tram is in the gardens of Heian Shrine in central Kyoto.
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Across Japan, towns and villages are vanishing as the population ages and young people move to the cities. How the country manages this holds lessons for other developed nations facing a similar fate.
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City mayors have taken on a prominent role in committing to action on climate change. But what progress have they made so far?
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Population growth has profound impacts and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article was originally published in The Conversation as part of a series, Is Australia Full?, which aims to help inform a wide-ranging and often emotive debate.
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Two years of marathon negotiations have finally yielded agreement on the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at the Habitat III summit in Quito in October.
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Urban planning was once an Olympic event, although the first gold medal – awarded to Germany’s Alfred Hensel for the Nuremberg stadium – turned out to be an unfortunate choice. The Rio games, while a great achievement for Brazil, highlighted some of the challenges associated with hosting the Olympics.
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Edo, which gave rise to Tokyo, was also the world's largest city three centuries ago. Facing ecological collapse, Edo developed a culture and ethic designed to protect the environment.
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The values and principles that determine urban ethics are vital considerations as the global community prepares for the HABITAT III summit in October 2016.
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Across the globe people are marching to show their support for the international community's efforts to tackle climate change. Time to get out there and join them.
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We all love rankings. There are city ranking indexes that show which cities are the most liveable, sustainable, economically influential and so on. However, what do these rankings mean for the people who live in these cities and what kind of liveable city ranking do we actually need?
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Is there a more ethical basis for the governance, management and development of our cities? What lessons can we learn from the past and how can we apply them to shape the urban future?
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Two schools of thought compete to capture our imagination on the future of the environment. Which one do you subscribe to?
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Although the evidence of the impacts of climate change is clear, many of us would rather not think about this existential threat. But running away is not the answer.
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