{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Urban Age''' is a research programme started in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Age at 10|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/urban-age-at-10|website=The Guardian|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> It is led by LSE Cities with support from Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society into the relationship between the shape and society of cities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft|url=https://www.alfred-herrhausen-gesellschaft.de/en/urbanisierung.htm|website=Urbanisation|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> Research includes comparing urbanisation in already urbanised and currently urbanising regions of the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Age|url=http://www.lsecities.net/ua|website=LSE Cities}}</ref> Urban Age emerged as a product of the research and ideas of LSE Cities' Ricky Burdett, Philipp Rode and Richard Sennett and has since centred around conferences in a range of cities worldwide, as well as accompanying newspapers containing both global data sets and in-depth case studies.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Urban Age, ten years on|url = http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2015/11/17/the-urban-age-10-years-on/|website = LSE History| date=17 November 2015 |language = en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Cities in numbers: how patterns of urban growth change the world|url = https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/23/cities-in-numbers-how-patterns-of-urban-growth-change-the-world|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2015-11-23|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first1 = Ricky|last1 = Burdett|first2 = L. S. E.|last2 = Cities}}</ref>
== Conferences == The first Urban Age conference was held in New York in February 2005 and subsequent conferences have taken place in Shanghai, London, Berlin, Johannesburg, Mumbai, São Paulo, Istanbul, Chicago, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi. The Urban Age conferences have aimed to bring together planners, mayors, architects, academics and other stakeholders to discuss themes such as urban health and well-being,<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2011: Cities, Health and Well-being|url = https://lsecities.net/ua/conferences/2011-hongkong/|website = LSE Cities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = The world's top five healthiest cities?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/top-five-world-healthiest-cities-health-wellbeing|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2012-12-07|issn = 0261-3077|first = Tim|last = Smedley}}</ref> urban governance<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2014: Governing Urban Futures|url = https://lsecities.net/ua/conferences/2014-delhi/|website = LSE Cities}}</ref> and how cities respond to the impact of major events like the hosting of the Olympic Games.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2013: City Transformations|url = https://lsecities.net/ua/conferences/2013-rio/|website = LSE Cities}}</ref> Participants have included a number of current and former city leaders, including Bogotá's Enrique Peñalosa,<ref>{{Citation|last=UrbanAge|title=Urban Age Shaping Cities: Enrique Peñalosa - Challenges of expansion|date=2016-07-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg12rmIPuLc&t=3s|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> London's Boris Johnson,<ref>{{Citation|title = Urban Age Electric City: Boris Johnson - Tech City announcement of £50m investment|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN17NcwY05k|date = 2013-01-17|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> Delhi's Sheila Dikshit,<ref>{{Citation|title = Urban leaders' round table - Urban Age Governing Urban Futures conference|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7A4n7gp_Y&t=52m59s|date = 2014-11-20|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> Kampala's Jennifer Musisi,<ref>{{Citation|last=UrbanAge|title=Urban Age Shaping Cities: Jennifer Musisi - Shaping Kampala|date=2016-07-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAeSehUU0vU|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> and Barcelona's Ada Colau,<ref>{{Citation|last=UrbanAge|title=Urban Age Shaping Cities: Ada Colau - Democratic regeneration and citizen empowerment|date=2016-07-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOFY01pnW4|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> and national leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-german-chancellor-merkel-arrives-in-mumbai-1130926|title=German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Mumbai {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2007-10-31|work=dna|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/06/tech-city-david-cameron-boris-johnson_n_2249740.html|title=Massive Makeover For 'Tech City' Hub|date=2012-12-06|work=HuffPost UK|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> The ten year celebration of Urban Age, taking place in November and December 2015, consisted of five Global Debates on cities and climate change,<ref>{{Citation|title = Confronting Climate Change: Can cities be the solution?|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlfKyYcZyC4&index=1&list=PLUYdXYRUDvctHfvXOzwcsIfeb0OeGW4SJ|date = 2015-12-08|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> designing urban infrastructure,<ref>{{Citation|title = Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for now or tomorrow?|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxyMXYhDfJ8&index=17&list=PLUYdXYRUDvctHfvXOzwcsIfeb0OeGW4SJ|date = 2015-12-08|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> the politics of equity,<ref>{{Citation|title = The Politics of Equity: Who owns the city?|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4qBil3XqM&index=13&list=PLUYdXYRUDvctHfvXOzwcsIfeb0OeGW4SJ|date = 2015-12-08|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> social inclusion<ref>{{Citation|title = Narratives of Inclusion: Can cities help us live together?|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PnbRIncKo&index=21&list=PLUYdXYRUDvctHfvXOzwcsIfeb0OeGW4SJ|date = 2015-12-08|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> and steering urban growth.<ref>{{Citation|title = Steering Urban Growth: Can planning and architecture manage?|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtG9N4CvkKo&index=7&list=PLUYdXYRUDvctHfvXOzwcsIfeb0OeGW4SJ|date = 2015-12-08|last = UrbanAge}}</ref> These debates were accompanied by a series of articles published by ''Guardian Cities''.<ref>{{Cite news|title = How connected is your city? Urban transport trends around the world|url = https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/26/connected-city-urban-transport-trends-world|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2015-11-26|issn = 0261-3077|first1 = Philipp|last1 = Rode|first2 = L. S. E.|last2 = Cities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Beyond the maximum: cities may be booming, but who's invited to the party?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/30/beyond-maximum-cities-booming-party-ny-rio-mumbai|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2015-11-30|issn = 0261-3077|first = Suketu|last = Mehta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = The world wants more 'porous' cities – so why don't we build them?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/27/delhi-electronic-market-urbanist-dream|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2015-11-27|issn = 0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all|url = https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/24/who-owns-our-cities-and-why-this-urban-takeover-should-concern-us-all|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2015-11-24|issn = 0261-3077}}</ref> In 2016 Urban Age was invited to curate a Special Project<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2016/|title=Biennale Architettura 2016|date=2017-04-28|work=La Biennale di Venezia|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Conflicts of an Urban Age highlights the changes to seven cities that have experienced significant population increases in the past 25 years<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citiscope.org/habitatIII/news/2016/07/lessons-habitat-iii-venice-architecture-biennale|title=Lessons for Habitat III from the Venice Architecture Biennale {{!}} Citiscope|website=citiscope.org|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> and has since exhibited in Berlin,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berliner-stadtentwicklung-ein-kunstprojekt-soll-politiker-investoren-und-anwohner-zusammenbringen/19947562.html|title=Ein Kunstprojekt soll Politiker, Investoren und Anwohner zusammenbringen|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online |access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> the inaugural 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seoulbiennale.org/en/exhibitions/cities-exhibition/prologue/urban-age|title=Dynamics of the Urban Age - 2017 서울도시건축비엔날레 {{!}} Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017|website=Dynamics of the Urban Age - 2017 서울도시건축비엔날레 {{!}} Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017|language=ko|access-date=2017-11-03|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031659/http://seoulbiennale.org/en/exhibitions/cities-exhibition/prologue/urban-age|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urbannext.net/global-cities-london-seoul/?ct=t(urbanNext_99_sb_ww-debates)&mc_cid=5c69e09107&mc_eid=b77a8829cd|title=Global Cities: London & Seoul|website=urbannext.net|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> and at Arup Group's phase2 gallery in London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arup.com/news-and-events/events/conflicts-of-an-urban-age|title=Conflicts of an Urban Age|website=Arup phase2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urbanage.lsecities.net/events/conflicts-of-an-urban-age-london|title=Conflicts of an Urban Age, London|website=Urban Age}}</ref> and Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arup.com/en/news-and-events/conflicts-of-an-urban-age-sydney|title=Conflicts of an Urban Age Sydney - Arup|website=www.arup.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> The Urban Age Shaping Cities conference was held alongside the exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urbanage.lsecities.net/conferences/shaping-cities-venice-2016|title=Urban Age Shaping Cities conference|website=Urban Age|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> Between 2017-2018 the programme focused on African cities including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Accra and Cape Town<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://files.lsecities.net/files/2017/08/Call-for-Papers-special-sessions-at-ACC10-conference_Cape-Town.pdf|title=Call for papers|date=3 November 2017|website=LSE Cities}}</ref> culminating with the Developing Urban Futures conference and publication<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Burdett|first1=Ricky|last2=Rode|first2=Philipp|last3=Griffiths|first3=Peter|last4=Havener|first4=Rosie|last5=Gomes|first5=Alexandra|date=2018-11-29|title=Developing urban futures|url=https://lsecities.net/|language=en|pages=1–33}}</ref> in Addis Ababa on 29–30 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/cities/publications/urban-age/Developing-Urban-Futures|title=Urban Age Developing Urban Futures Conference|website=Urban Age|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
== Publications and data == Each Urban Age conference has also produced a newspaper with feature articles, global, regional and city-specific data and graphics, as well as reflections from conference participants. This content has been organised and disseminated through the Urban Age digital platform, launched in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Urban Age|url = https://urbanage.lsecities.net/}}</ref> Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic have also edited two books: ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Endless-City-Ricky-Burdett/dp/0714848204 The Endless City]'' (2008) and ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Endless-City-Ricky-Burdett/dp/0714861189 Living in the Endless City]'' (2011), which chronicle the main findings, discussions and research of the early Urban Age conferences. The Urban Age programme and concept has generated significant debate among urbanists, with critiques and appraisals produced in several academic journals.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The 'Urban Age' in Question|journal = International Journal of Urban and Regional Research|date = 2014-05-01|issn = 1468-2427|pages = 731–755|volume = 38|issue = 3|doi = 10.1111/1468-2427.12115|language = en|first1 = Neil|last1 = Brenner|first2 = Christian|last2 = Schmid| s2cid=51694199 }}</ref> Urban Age data visualisations have also been featured in a variety of online and print media, including urban footprint graphics, transport infrastructure maps and residential density graphics.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Electric City 2012: graphic highlights from LSE's conference on the urban age|url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/06/lse-electric-city-urban-society-mapping-graphics-london|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2012-12-06|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first = John|last = Burn-Murdoch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = 8 more ways of visualising London's growth: a question of density|url = http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/8-more-ways-visualising-londons-growth-question-density-676|website = CityMetric| date=26 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Cities in Numbers: How Patterns of Urban Growth Change the World|url = http://www.100resilientcities.org/blog/entry/cities-in-numbers-how-patterns-of-urban-growth-change-the-world#/-_/|website = www.100resilientcities.org|date = 2015-12-03}}</ref> A third book in the series, ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shaping-Cities-Urban-Ricky-Burdett/dp/071487728X Shaping Cities in an Urban Age],'' became available in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LSECities/status/890527339901308928|title=Job|last=Cities|first=L. S. E.|date=2017-07-27|website=@LSECities|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> Edited by Burdett and Philipp Rode, the book was launched at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in September 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2018/meetings-architecture|title=Meetings on Architecture|date=2018-03-01|work=La Biennale di Venezia|access-date=2018-04-25|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86344/|title=Shaping cities in an urban age|date=2018|website=LSE Research Online|others=Burdett, Ricky, Philipp, Rode|access-date=2018-04-25|isbn=9780714877280|last1=Burdett|first1=Ricky|last2=Rode|first2=Philipp|publisher=Phaidon Press }}</ref>
== Urban Age Scholarships == Urban Age Scholarships provide financial support to applicants of LSE Cities' Executive MSc in Cities programme in an effort to broaden access to knowledge and debate around how cities are designed and governed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://popupcity.net/urban-changemakers-lse-is-calling-you/|title=Urban Changemakers, LSE Is Calling You|work=Pop-Up City|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emc.lsecities.net/scholarships/|title=Scholarships » Executive MSc in Cities » A transformational programme for working professionals at the London School of Economics.|website=emc.lsecities.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-22|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323031038/https://emc.lsecities.net/scholarships/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/UrbanAge_/status/976507385249452032|title=Urban Age on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://urbanage.lsecities.net}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities|title=LSE Cities|publisher=lse.ac.uk|access-date=20 January 2016}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.alfred-herrhausen-gesellschaft.de/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601053854/http://www.alfred-herrhausen-gesellschaft.de/en/ |archive-date=2010-06-01 |url-status=dead|title=Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft - Home|author=Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft|date=2015-05-04<!-- 04:08:36-->|access-date=20 January 2016}}
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