Conversations That Matter Ep 63 Darryl Condon - Redesigning Cities

Episode 63

Darryl Condon

The City of the Future

This week’s Conversation That Matters features Darryl Condon a civic design specialist who says no matter the arguments for or against climate, the design of cities has to change and it’s a change that includes fewer cars, better transit, greater density and liveable spaces that make city living fun and affordable.

Condon says going from now till the city of the future will be an evolutionary and complicated process, “ the city is an organism, it consists of a whole number of elements that operate by their own principles and their own dynamics. At times we applied overly simplistic ways of understanding and influencing those things and not recognized the interrelationships. Moving forward involves planning decisions, funding, which government and how many levels of government will have a voice and a role. At the other end of the spectrum is the community’s role in shaping those decisions and how are they going to feel connected to those decisions.”

Conversations That Matter is a partner program with the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. Join veteran Broadcaster Stuart McNish each week for these important and engaging Conversations shaping our future.

Please become a subscriber and support the production of the program at www.conversationsthatmatter.tv