Category: External Events

Events Archive, External Events, Other

Molotch and Ponzini on BBC – “Thinking Allowed”

by admin March 21, 2019

On March 13, 2019 Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini took part to the BBC live radio show  “Thinking Allowed” that was dedicated to the topic of Spectacular Cities, based on their new book.

From the program’s webpage:

The world’s tallest building is in Dubai and the 2022 World Cup in soccer will be played in fabulous Qatar facilities. But what role do the sensational cities of the Arabian Peninsula play in urban development across the Earth? Laurie Taylor talks to Harvey Molotch, Professor of Sociology at New York University and to Davide Ponzini , Associate Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Also, Natalie Koch, Associate Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, asks why autocrats in resource rich nations build spectacular new capital cities.

Podcast available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00035p8

Events Archive, External Events

CONTRADICTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY URBANISATION: CITIES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (LSE)

by admin March 10, 2019

Place and Date

London School of Economics, Clement House, 6.02, LSE, 99 Aldwych, London

March 11, 2019 – 18:30

 

Speakers
Harvey Molotch (New York University)

Davide Ponzini (Politecnico di Milano)

 

Discussants

Fran Tonkiss (London School of Economics)

 

Chair

Steffen Hertog (London School of Economics)

 

Book launch hosted by LSE Cities and LSE Middle East Centre

 

Podcast available here: https://lsecities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Contradictions-in-Contemporary-Urbanisation.mp3