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WHOSE CITY… is a podcast produced at the University of California, San Diego Design Lab.
Join host and co-producer Dr. Lawrence Herzog as he and his guests explore the latest urban and environmental planning & design issues facing 21st century cities. Post-pandemic shifts in urban living, the digital revolution, social media, smart vehicles, and new technologies are altering the way city dwellers move around, inhabit, work and think about their urban lifestyles. Meanwhile, climate change, escalating housing costs, shortages of land, homelessness, urban sprawl, air pollution, and scarcity of natural resources challenge our futures. Tune in as our podcast explores these issues in the globalizing cross-border regions of California-Baja California.
Join host and co-producer Dr. Lawrence Herzog as he and his guests explore the latest urban and environmental planning & design issues facing 21st century cities. Post-pandemic shifts in urban living, the digital revolution, social media, smart vehicles, and new technologies are altering the way city dwellers move around, inhabit, work and think about their urban lifestyles. Meanwhile, climate change, escalating housing costs, shortages of land, homelessness, urban sprawl, air pollution, and scarcity of natural resources challenge our futures. Tune in as our podcast explores these issues in the globalizing cross-border regions of California-Baja California.
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Host Larry Herzog interviews border scholar Norma Iglesias to address the impact of artists in Tijuana, Mexico.
Host Larry Herzog talks with Tijuana-based transportation expert and scholar Dinorah Gonzalez about transportation planning in Tijuana, traffic congestion around the border crossings, and sustainable mobility solutions for the future.
Podcast host Larry Herzog breaks down the many challenges and solutions for people and goods crossing the California-Baja California border with Gustavo de la Fuente, who served as Executive Director of the Smart Border Coalition (San Diego-Tijuana) for nearly six years.
Podcast host Dr. Larry Herzog talks with urban and transportation design scholar Bruce Appleyard about the idea of designing efficient, safe, environmentally friendly, and economically viable streets on both sides of the California-Baja California border.
Podcast host Larry Herzog chats with architect Rob Quigley and community activist Roger Lewis about the non-profit San Diego Commons, which is seeking to raise funds to build green freeway covers over I-5 (and I-94) to mitigate the negative impact of the freeway on communities like Sherman Heights, Barrio Logan and Cortez Hill near downtown San Diego.
Whose City host Larry Herzog talks with geographer and border scholar Michael Dear about his pathbreaking new book Border Witness, which uses film to better understand the changing Tijuana-San Diego border region.
Podcast host Larry Herzog speaks with artist/entrepreneur Pete Garcia about his non-profit Urban Interventions, and the Bay to Park Paseo project which seeks to enhance the pedestrian experience in downtown San Diego, along the Park Blvd. corridor, from the San Diego Bay to Balboa Park.
Podcast host Larry Herzog speaks with Pinar Yoldas, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at U.C. San Diego, about her vision as an environmental artist, and her use of architectural installations, kinetic sculpture, sound, video and drawing to challenge our understanding of the ecological crisis facing the planet.
Podcast host Larry Herzog welcomes Mai Nguyen, Director of the Design Lab at University of California, San Diego and Professor of Urban Studies & Planning to speak about the importance of design and urban planning for the future of cities, and her vision for the World Design Capital project in the California-Mexico border region.
Podcast host Larry Herzog speaks with cultural geographer and writer Daniel Arreola about his four-book collection on the visual historical geography of Mexican border towns, including his recent book Postcards from the Baja California Border.
Podcast host Larry Herzog chats with urban planning expert and former city of San Diego Planning Department Director William Anderson, about the economics of urban planning and design, and his views on some key development projects in San Diego, including the Uptown District in Hillcrest, the Midway Sports Arena redevelopment, and the Seaport San Diego project along the downtown San Diego waterfront.
Host Larry Herzog welcomes guest Carlos de La Mora, CEO of the San Diego-Tijuana World Design Capital (WDC) 2024 on the podcast. De La Mora, a bi-cultural architect trained in Mexico and the U.S., discusses the WDC vision, and shares thoughts on design innovation as well as challenges in the San Diego-Tijuana cross-border region.
Podcast host Larry Herzog speaks with Harvard-trained urban planner Chloe Lauer about her recently launched non-profit-- Walk’n Roll, and strategies to promote better places for walking, cycling, and other slower forms of everyday urban travel.
Podcast host Larry Herzog talks with artist and educator Tatiana Ortiz Rubio about her art practice, and specifically her recent public art works, including the much discussed “Stop the Spread” mural on the silo of Bread and Salt art gallery in Barrio Logan.
Podcast host Larry Herzog chats with landscape architect David McCullough about the role of green districts and public spaces in U.S. cities for the future.
Podcast host Larry Herzog speaks with urban designer/planner Diego Velasco about his experiences in community planning and design across different scales and contexts.
Host Larry Herzog interviews David Malmuth to talk about his experiences with Redevelopment projects in New York City, Los Angeles, Pasadena and San Diego.
Host Larry Herzog speaks with architect Frank Wolden and urban designer Howard Blackson about their ideas for designing for higher density and mixed use in the San Diego-Tijuana region.
Host Larry Herzog speaks with Serge Dedina, Ph.D., Mayor of Imperial Beach and Executive Director of Wildcoast about the challenges of pollution in the Tijuana River Estuary.
Larry Herzog invites affordable housing advocate and President/CEO of the San Diego Housing Federation Steven Russell to talk about housing markets, policy and the search for better policy solutions to the affordable housing problem in the U.S.
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