Type: interviews
How can we build better cities with data analytics?
A conversation with Mar Santamaría, urban planner and co-founder of 300.000 km/s, about the power of data to build cities that respond to the needs of the people who live and work in them.
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“It is very important that the public sector leads the infrastructure of urban data”
Mar Santamaria, co-founder of 300.000 km/s, talks to Jordi Fornos, director of consultancy and international relations of CIMALSA, about urban data, how to manage it and the challenges that come with it.
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CIMALSA
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Urban Citizen Learning
Mar Santamaria Varas and Ana Badenas Izquierdo introduce the Urban Citizen Learning (UCL) project. This video has been developed within the framework of the S+T+ARTS Cross-fertilization programme.
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On Foot, By Bicycle and By Public Transport
Mar Santamaria, co-founder of 300,000 km/s, an urban planning agency with a clear objective: to make cities the most livable places on the planet. European Commission S+T+ARTS Award 2019, Spanish Urbanism Award 2019 and Catalonia Urbanism Award 2020, this agency wants to change things and is committed to healthy, fair and creative cities.
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Are Short-term Holiday Rentals Destroying Communities?
Cities around the world are again competing for tourist business as people resume travel after the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic. But local people in some go-to destinations say the popularity of short-term homestay rentals is a threat to their future. Millions of people worldwide regularly choose to book short stays in rooms or entire properties through online platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, enticed by the amenities offered by private hosts. But while the renewed interest in travel in recent months has pushed Airbnb’s profits to new highs, people living in tourism hotspots say landlords and developers have sought to push them out to develop properties for lucrative short-term holiday rentals. Tenants pressured to leave their homes often find it impossible to find other places in the immediate vicinity. Many have little option but to move further away, hampering access to workplaces, schools, and grocery markets at a time when food and fuel prices are stubbornly high. Local people trying to buy their first home say they have been priced out as speculators snap up properties for short-term let – often sight unseen. While some city authorities have sought to walk a line between welcoming tourism and supporting local tenants and first-time buyers, some landlords say that local regulations are making it more difficult for them to make extra money through Airbnb and other platforms. They contrast their listing of a single property with the behaviour of hosting companies that offer a range of properties to tourists and business travellers. Home rental platforms such as Airbnb say they are providing an in-demand service that benefits both tourists and homeowners. In this episode of The Stream, we’ll look at the impact that short-term holiday lets are having on local people in cities and other tourist destinations, and ask what they mean for community life.
‘The city is the artifact that will enable collective survival’
CCCBLAB Interview
An interview with architect and urban planner Mar Santamaria on the present and future challenges of contemporary cities, public policies, data and urban rights by Nuria Moliner for CCCBLAB (Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona).