2⃣ Talamini et al from CityU Hong Kong examine how Shenzhen - rice paddies in 1978; 8.2 million urban residents today - has maintained its agricultural heritage. Migrants adopted the ancient orchards and produce nearly 50 crops including 🍌🫘🍅🥬🍄🧅🍓. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We are excited to announce the upcoming release of: "Urban Planning During Socialism. Views from the Periphery", by Routledge. Edited By Jasna Mariotti, Kadri Leetmaa. 👉URL: routledge.com/Urban-Planning… #urbanplanning #urbansocialism #urbanperiphery #Routledge

Thanks to #HongKongInstituteofArchitects for organising a thoughtful and insightful debate on the Northern Metropolis. It is encouraging to notice widespread societal landcare and environmentalism, especially among young people. #NorthernMetropolis #environmentalism #urbanism

👉 We held a joint studio focusing on the #HongKong - #Shenzhen cross-border territorial developments. We held lectures at #HKU, site visits to the New Territories and Shenzhen, and mid-term and final presentations at #ShenzhenUniversity. #CityUHongKong #urbanism #urbanresearch

VIDEO ARTICLE | "Towards symbiotic #urbanism: Mitigating the impact of river channelization in the #NewTerritories of #HongKong". #EnvironmentalMitigation in river training catalyzes environmental stewardship and sense of belonging. 👉DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.scta… #urbanresearch

VIDEO ARTICLE | "Energy implications of the Chinese-driven morphological transformation of #Lusaka, Zambia". 👉DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.scta… #urbantransformations #urbanresearch #ZambiaChina #urbanAfrica #sustainableurbandevelopment #urbanenergy #SubSaharanAfrica

🔵#HongKong, as a living urban laboratory, synthesizer of new spatial forms and arena of social conflicts, is pivotal to the new urban question. 👉More here: francoangeli.it/riviste/artico… #urbandensity #urbanlab #urbanplanning #urbanquestion #francoangeli #territorio #urbanistica

🟥PUBLISHED | "Urban Planning During Socialism. Views from the Periphery", by Routledge. Edited By Jasna Mariotti, Kadri Leetmaa. 👉DOI: doi.org/10.4324/978100… #Routledge #routledgebooks #tandfonline #urbanstudies #urbanplanning #urbansocialism #urbanperiphery #builtenvironment

Pandemic-induced street experiments had worldwide coverage. The spatial distribution is distinct based on intervention types and formation processes. A third of them are still running today in various forms. #tacticalurbanism #streetexperiment Read more: shorturl.at/GWY89

“Making Vulnerability Invisible: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Public Space in Hong Kong” published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research JPER PlanningJournal, with Gianni Talamini, is finally out. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…

simply scandalous: english.elpais.com/science-tech/2…

Great to work with Caterina Villani to demonstrate that long-lasting repercussions of the recent pandemic on the use of public space concern recognition justice. 👉DOI: doi.org/10.1177/073945… #vulnerability #publicspace #hongkong #JPER7 #covid19 #urbanspace

It was a pleasure to participate at the Future City Vision – Northern Metropolis Forum & Workshop 2.0. Thanks #HongKongInstituteofArchitects for organising an insightful event to explore the future of the New Territories. #NorthernMetropolis #HongKong #urban #NewTerritories

“Failed pedestrian street experiments in high-density urban Asia: A matter of policies?” by Caterina Villani Talamini Urban Research Lab is available -open access- in the Journal of Urban Mobility. 🔗check the full article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thanks to Cerin Kizhakkethottam for sharing her outstanding knowledge and passion! 👉Talamini, G. (2023). Interview with Cerin Kizhakkethottam, Programme Management Officer for Climate Change, UN-Habitat. DOI: doi.org/10.55412/09.02 #UNHABITAT #futurecities #urbandesign

PAPER | Urbanie & Urbanus Journal, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (#HKIUD). 👉Li, W., & Talamini, G. (2023). Valuing the Hong Kong Northern Metropolis. DOI: doi.org/10.55412/09.04 #NorthernMetropolis #HongKong #Shenzhen #CityUHongKong #urbanresearch #NewTerritories

PAPER | Urbanie&Urbanus Journal #HKIUD 👉Talamini, G., Lu, X. &  Zhang, W. (2023). Advocating Integrated Catchment Management for Hong Kong Northern Metropolis. DOI: doi.org/10.55412/09.03 #NorthernMetropolis #HongKong #Shenzhen #CityUHongKong #channelisation #NewTerritories

Thanks to Francesco Rossini Francesco Rossini for the insightful exchange with Prof Lauren Andres The Chinese University of Hong Kong - CUHK in the seminar "Hybrid temporary urbanism and the governance of fragments in #HongKong and #ChineseCities". CityU Hong Kong #urban #temporaryurbanism #urbanfragments

EXHIBITION | Nine Rivers. (Urban Design Studio - Master of Urban Design and Regional Planning at CityU Hong Kong) Answering the call for an #ecologicalcivilization (生态文明), this studio takes nine #HongKong #watersheds as basic units for an #urbandesign exercise. #studentswork

🟩PAPER | Lu X., Talamini G. (2024). The socio-spatial response to environmentally mitigated #channelization in Southeast Asia. A longitudinal landscape pattern analysis. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.land… #HongKong #NewTerritories #environmentalmitigation #fluvial #periurban #landcare