Event organizer: Le Cercle des économistes
Media Center

Reinventing the city to make it more human

Session 16 Canal 2 - Track A July 4, 2020 17:40 - 18:50


Overview

The growth of the world’s urban population poses a real challenge in terms of social and spatial organization. The sometimes suffocating pollution, energy waste, traffic congestion, socio-geographical inequalities and the difficult regulation of rent prices are problems that most large urban areas face. The recent health crisis has also shown the limits of urban mobility based on privileged access to multimodal transport networks.

In this situation, the consequences of the crisis on urban life invite us to rethink living together. The attention paid to public hygiene is now unavoidable, as are the ambitions of “smart cities” projects through the modernisation of urban services and the intelligent use of digital technologies. Ultimately, the future of the city seems to be that of a space on a human scale, which does not go without raising a certain number of questions: How can we think about new urban issues in a context of health risks? Is the city a pathogenic environment? Are we going to witness a massive urban exodus? Will the connected urban dweller be a controlled urban dweller? Will the open data proposed by cities help build trust between stakeholders? Can municipalities retain control over their digital choices?


Speakers

Marlene DOLVECK
CEO
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SNCF - Gares & Connexions
Bio
Winy MAAS
Architect, urban planner and landscape architect
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MVRDV
Bio
Carlo RATTI
Director
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MIT Senseable City Lab
Bio
Claire ROUMET
Director
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Energy Cities
Bio
Alain TARAVELLA
President and Founder Altarea
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Altarea
Bio

Coordinator

Etienne WASMER
Associate member
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Le Cercle des économistes
Biographie

Moderator

Carlos SEGOVIA
Deputy editor
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El Mundo
Biographie

Contributions

The Human City - Contribution of Winy MAAS, Architect, urban planner and landscape architect, MVRDV




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