Tobias Baur, Professor in Landscape Architecture at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), Rapperswil and former partner at Studio Ramboll-Dreiseitl, sheds some light on Singapore's Active, Beautiful and Clean Waters Program, the country's journey in water management, and how sponge cities have evolved from stormwater to climate adaptation in recent years in Asia and Europe. We discuss the important role that interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral collaboration played in ensuring a successful renaturalisation of an urban stream in the flagship Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park project and the challenges going forward.

Podcast Intro/Outro Song: Starsky by Alex Keren (Check out more of his tunes over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vZ3lENfDLjkln8scBJ8mW)

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:59 Guest Intro and Reflections on Singapore
5:04 Early inspiration for water in landscape design
9:00 Singapore's early water management leadership
12:15 The ABC Waters Programme
15:46 The Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park Project
27:20 Tobias' other projects around Singapore
31:58 Back in Europe and comparisons with the tropics
36:14 Sponge Cities in Switzerland
40:06 The role of the landscape architect and designer
42:34 Q&A Start
42:54 What inspires you?
44:10 Key event, person, book
44:40 If you had a magic wand?
46:16 Biggest challenge in career to date
48:20 Time management
50:00 Advice for young researchers
51:05 Where can people reach you?
51:36 Final Message
52:02 Outro

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Katrin Pakizer, Research Associate from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag) joins us to discuss how to create transformative change and to transition cities towards more sustainable natural resources management from the lenses of water infrastructure, biodiversity and all the many infrastructures and resources beneath our feet. We look at the challenges that we are likely to face in future in these areas due to climate change and what changes have to happen in institutions if we want to succeed in being more sustainable.

Podcast Intro/Outro Song: Starsky by Alex Keren (Check out more of his tunes over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vZ3lENfDLjkln8scBJ8mW)

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:59 Guest Intro and fascination with Lichen
5:58 What came first, social sciences or nature
7:55 Katrin's journey to decentralized water systems
14:42 Creating transformative change 1: Grassroots movements
20:28 A 101 on housing cooperatives in Switzerland
23:17 Creating transformative change 2: Policy instrument mixes
28:41 Creating transformative change 3: Timing and sequencing
40:39 Katrin's current endeavours in biodiversity
45:16 Underground resources governance
52:35 The road ahead for Katrin
54:10 Q&A Start
54:30 What inspires you
56:55 If you had a magic wand
59:22 Key moment, book, person
1:01:24 Biggest challenge to date
1:07:23 Time management
1:12:10 Advice for young researchers
1:14;32 Where can people find you
1:15:00 Final message
1:15:22 Outro

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Alexa Delbosc, Associate Professor at the Monash University Institute of Transport Studies, Australia demonstrates how social psychology concepts and thinking can be applied to transport planning. We explore a variety of topics including dehumanization of cyclists, changing lifestyles of millennials, the impact of the pandemic on transport, work from home culture, the built environment considerations, egocentric anchoring in planning and new ways of thinking about the city, especially with the uptake of micromobility.

Podcast Intro/Outro Song: Starsky by Alex Keren (Check out more of his tunes over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vZ3lENfDLjkln8scBJ8mW)

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
1:59 Guest Intro and Ornithology
4:53 From animal behaviour to human behaviour
7:56 Cars vs. Cyclists
10:03 The Dehumanization Scale
12:00 Addressing the contested road space
16:25 Millennials and changing perceptions of the city
23:54 The pandemic and its impact
26:53 Work from home culture and transport
29:46 Impact of the built environment and the third space
31:32 Egocentric anchoring and other key social psychology concepts
35:07 New ways of thinking about cities
36:42 Is collective design the solution?
40:00 New challenges in micromobility
43:39 Where is transport planning heading to?
46:47 Diversification of transport
50:26 Q&A Start
50:43 What inspires you?
52:52 Key event, person, book
53:31 If you had a magic wand?
55:42 Biggest challenge in career to date
57:30 Time management
1:00:21 Advice for young researchers
1:01:50 Easter Egg: Alexa’s D&D Campaign
1:03:28 Where can people find you?
1:04:06 Final Message
1:04:30 Outro

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