Land Matters Podcast
A behind the scenes look at what makes cities tick. Whether financing infrastructure, adapting to climate change, or building more affordable housing, a big part of innovative solutions can be traced back to land.
Urban planners are trying to figure out the future just like everybody else. The 2026 Trend Report for Planners looks at the top issues—from artificial intelligence to the future of work—that planning professionals must keep an eye on as they help guide growth in the world’s cities and towns.
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Claudio Acioly helps explain the worldwide effort to improve conditions in fast-growing cities in the developing world, where one of four people live in slums.
In this episode, we’ve put together highlights and takeaways from the 2019 Journalists Forum (#WaterMeetsLand)—including the need to consider the central role of land use in the management of a dwindling resource. For further reading, see Water Planning in Land Lines.
In this episode, Randy Shaw, a San Francisco-based tenants advocate, talks about the multi-pronged efforts needed to confront the affordable housing crisis in cities nationwide.