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The Cities on the Frontline: Urban Exchange podcast series is a collaborative project designed to educate and inspire cities and their partners around the globe to build resilience into their planning for tackling urban challenges. The podcast is produced by SmartCitiesWorld and the Resilient Cities Network.
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Each 20-minute episode is co-hosted by our Executive Director Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson, SmartCitiesWorld Advisory Board Chair. The podcast features city leaders, urban resilience practitioners and subject matter experts highlighting practical ideas that have worked to build urban resilience around the world. It aims to educate and inspire city leaders, Chief Resilience Officers, other urban practitioners and partners, on crucial resilience solutions of our time. Our episodes feature on-the-ground, innovative practices by cities within our city-led network and give insight into the challenges they face, practices that were successful and how other cities can learn from their experience.
The expertise, experiences, and passion of each guest is brought out in the episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and are inspired to advance urban resilience.
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Episode 12: Innovation in the urban mobility sector featuring Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa
Paul Wilson, chair of the Advisory Board for Smart Cities World and Chief Business Officer at the Connected Places...
Episode 11: Mainstreaming and Institutionalizing urban resilience featuring Cape Town
In this episode, our Executive Director Lauren Sorkin hosts Cape Town's Executive Director for Future Planning and...
Episode 10: Safer Schools – Building Resilience in Education Infrastructure
In this episode, Francis Ghesquiere, Practice Manager at the World Bank and Head of the Secretariat for the GFDRR...
Episode 9: Progress at COP27 and climate finance featuring Glasgow
In this episode, our Executive Director Lauren Sorkin hosts Glasgow City Council leader, Susan Aitken, to uncover some...
Episode 8: Thriving – Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate
In this episode, Francis Ghesquiere, Practice Manager at the World Bank and Head of the Secretariat for the...
Episode 7: Resilience Action on the Ground with Monica Barone, CEO City of Sydney (Part 2)
In part 2 of this episode, Sydney CEO Monica Barone is hosted by Gehl Partner and Chief Innovation Officer Jeff Risom,...
Episode 7: Resilience Action on the Ground with Monica Barone, CEO City of Sydney (Part 1)
In part 1 of this episode, Sydney CEO Monica Barone is hosted by Gehl Partner and Chief Innovation Officer Jeff Risom,...
Episode 6: Leadership through resilient recovery featuring Medellin
Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero is hosted by Leading Cities CEO Mike Lake to discuss the advance of urban resilience in...
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