{"id":707,"date":"2017-04-27T10:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T09:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/?p=707"},"modified":"2017-07-11T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T09:54:09","slug":"city-futures-in-a-time-of-turbulence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/27\/city-futures-in-a-time-of-turbulence\/","title":{"rendered":"City Futures in a Time of Turbulence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>&#8220;Our struggle for global sustainability will be won or lost in the cities&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nBan Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pY62CXguvk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time in human history, the majority of the world&#8217;s population are living in urban areas. The percentage will rise to over 65% by the middle of the century. 90% of growth will happen in Asia and Africa &#8211; how we shape it will be integral to the wellbeing of those citizens.<br \/>\nMany people are expert on the future of cities: in this webinar we are examining the global context \u2013 how might the world be \u2013 what does this mean for cities?<br \/>\nIf you are interested in future-proofing your cities programmes, interested in trends facing cities globally over the next decades, or exploring how you use strategic foresight in urban planning to collectively build a resilient future, please join us. You will hear from two experts from Unlocking Foresight and School of International Futures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our struggle for global sustainability will be won or lost in the cities&#8221; Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,64,32],"tags":[55,56,57,48,52,58,59,60,61,62,63,54],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","category-unlocking-foresight","category-visions-of-the-future","tag-55","tag-56","tag-cities","tag-foresight","tag-scenarios","tag-sdgs","tag-secure-cities","tag-smart-cities","tag-sustainable-cities","tag-turbulence","tag-un-sustainable-development-goals","tag-webinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplexity.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}