33 episodes

Chatting with academics about their research on cities.
Co-Hosts: Dr. Rebecca Mayers and Isaac Keast
2021 American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division Small grant award winner
Artwork by Emily Huang: https://emilyhillustrations.com/
Music by Reid Cai, Ryan Kinneer, and Becca Mayers

Dense City Dr. Rebecca Mayers & Isaac Keast

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Chatting with academics about their research on cities.
Co-Hosts: Dr. Rebecca Mayers and Isaac Keast
2021 American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division Small grant award winner
Artwork by Emily Huang: https://emilyhillustrations.com/
Music by Reid Cai, Ryan Kinneer, and Becca Mayers

    33: Neighbourhood Defenders

    33: Neighbourhood Defenders

    Today, we welcome Dr. Katherine Einstein, Dr. David Glick, and Dr. Maxwell Palmer from Boston University. We discuss their book: Neighbourhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis; published in 2019. The book is premised on how local political inequalities can end up limiting the housing supply and contribute to the current housing crisis. Participatory institutions like local neighbourhood committees often notify neighbours themselves and solicit comments on proposed housing developments, taking an active role for better or worse.

    Find the one-page report here: https://www.politicsofhousing.com/

    Artwork: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyHIllustrations?ref=search_shop_redirect⁠⁠⁠

    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers


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    • 42 min
    32: Urban Agriculture in East London and Beyond

    32: Urban Agriculture in East London and Beyond

    On today's episode, we talk to Marco Zunino about his thesis “Urban agriculture: Exploring a multi-scalar and circular approach to food production and distribution in East London”. Marco discusses what is meant by urban agriculture, some background history on food production, and his case study research of East London. He provides tools for urban planners to integrate aspects of agriculture within the city at different scales. 

    Artwork: ⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyHIllustrations?ref=search_shop_redirect⁠⁠

    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers






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    31: The Fourplex Next Door

    31: The Fourplex Next Door

    Today, we welcome Edward Pinto, co-director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center to discuss their paper on How Government Policy Made Housing Expensive and Scarce, and How Unleashing Market Forces Can Address It, co-authored with Tobias Peter. Together they’ve co-authored a variety of reports on housing policy, specifically on the impact of federal policy on housing demand and homeownership, housing finance risks, and first-time home buyers. Their pieces have been published in policy journals and in the press, such as the Wall Street Journal, American Banker, and Business Insider.

    Artwork: ⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyHIllustrations?ref=search_shop_redirect⁠

    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers


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    • 43 min
    30: The Psychology of the Car: Automobile admiration, attachment and addiction

    30: The Psychology of the Car: Automobile admiration, attachment and addiction

    On this episode, we welcome Swedish author and academic Dr. Stefan Gössling. He’s a professor at the Linnaeus University School of Business and Economics and Lund University's Department of Service Management. We discuss his book: The Psychology of the Car. Automobile admiration, attachment and addiction; published by Elsevier in 2017.

    The book explores car culture through the lens of psychology, illustrating the growth of global car use over time and its effect on urban transport systems and the environment. It looks at the adoption of the car into lifestyles and how the car impacts collective and personal identities.

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    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers


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    • 48 min
    29: Indigenous Relationality in Outdoor Recreation

    29: Indigenous Relationality in Outdoor Recreation

    Have you thought about the ways that your recreational pursuits have been influenced by colonization? Dr. Dan Henhawk discusses the history of colonization and recreation, the concept of Indigenous relationality, and how we can adapt to the changes in our environment by engaging in respectful and reciprocal relationships with the natural world.



    This episode is based on a syllabus Dr. Henhawk created for the "Introduction to Outdoor and Land-Based Recreation" course at the University of Manitoba. If you are interested in exploring this course, or would like to follow-up with Dr. Henhawk, follow the link below:

    Course Information: REC 2130 - Introduction to Outdoor and Land-Based Recreation

    Website: https://umanitoba.ca/kinesiology-recreation-management/faculty-staff/dan-henhawk-phd

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    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers




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    • 34 min
    28: Can Urban Form Affect Covid Cases? The Case of Greater London

    28: Can Urban Form Affect Covid Cases? The Case of Greater London

    Today, we welcome Dr. Alessandro Venerandi and Professor Sergio Porta. We discuss their article "Urban form and COVID-19 cases & deaths in Greater London: An urban morphometric approach" published in Urban Analytics and City Science in 2022. This article takes a finer-grained approach to infection spread, examining urban form and habitable space through several indicators, including floor area ratios, to answer the question of what neighbourhoods are truly conducive to virus spread.

    Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23998083221133397#con1

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    Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers


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