This is a documentation video of LAB2: ‘Different Urbanisations’ which served as an extension of the Critical Dialogues Series: the New Urban Agenda ‘on the ground’. This Series critically addresses topics of central importance to Habitat III from 1) an…
Katleen De Flander, IASS Global Soil Forum Five days of intense action and discussions with a group of about 15 critical urban minds from all over the world – our first urban LAB took place from September 14-18, 2015 in…
by Katleen De Flander January 16, 2015 The German Climate Action Goal for 2050 foresees an 80 to 95 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 1990. If we are to take this goal seriously, I believe there are…
by Katleen De Flander January 16, 2015 Some weeks ago, I had the chance to invite a small group of urban experts (from local governments, city networks, urban strategists, non-profit agencies and academia) to the IASS to discuss a working paper…
A look at the most common current approaches to tackle environmental problems and why they are not leading to transformation from IASS researcher Katleen de Flander
by Katleen De Flander December 2, 2014 Since my work concentrates on transforming resource flows in cities, I am always very interested in situations which put a society under stress. During times of stress, people and governments are so much…