Responsabile Rapporti Sistematici
Thomas Dupont oversees the publication of systematic research reports on long-term urban trends. Based in Geneva, he coordinates multi-institution studies on metropolitan resilience.
Analyze the growth regulation period of the Brisbane real estate market after the Olympic cycle, explore structural support, infrastructure impact, and long-term investment strategies, and reveal its deep value as a potential city on the East Coast.
In-depth analysis of the inherent tension in urban planning theory. This paper takes a critical look at the question of "Why does urban planning not exist" as a starting point, exploring the conflict between technological determinism and social negotiation in rapid change, and proposing that urban governance must shift towards an ecologically constrained and transparent negotiation mechanism.
In-depth analysis of how urban volume growth (horizontal expansion, vertical densification, infill, etc.) drives the heterogeneity of urban cooling demand (UCD). Explore the structural impact of urban form on climate adaptation and energy efficiency, revealing long-term strategic choices for global cities under the climate crisis.
In-depth analysis of the land value appreciation logic in Beijing's Chaoyang CBD, exploring the structural shift in urban development from "location determines everything" to "product determines value," and the core role of culture and media in driving urban spatial reconstruction.
In-depth analysis of the spatial form-driven mechanisms behind urban thermodynamic evolution. This paper explores the differential impact of urban expansion (horizontal growth, vertical densification, infill) on urban cooling demand (UCD), revealing the structural advantages and risks of different urban forms in climate change adaptation and energy efficiency.
In-depth analysis of the application trends of artificial intelligence in digital media, humanities and social sciences, and information science, exploring how AI is revolutionizing the paradigms of academic libraries, knowledge discovery, and knowledge dissemination, and pointing out the structural gaps and ethical challenges existing in current research.
Starting with an analysis of commercial real estate "net leases," we explore how population, economic, and competitive data reshape urban spatial value, revealing the strategic game of global capital in the allocation of urban land resources.
Analyzing urban planning information in the era of information explosion, how to extract "context" from massive data to support decision-making, and exploring how urban governance models can shift from information gathering to building cross-departmental consensus.
AI's transformation of libraries and knowledge systems is not just a matter of technical efficiency, but also an adjustment of global knowledge power. Based on a mixed-methods study focusing on digital media, the humanities, and information science, this article deeply analyzes how algorithms change the underlying logic of knowledge dissemination, and calls on urban strategic institutions to incorporate academic infrastructure into a broader AI governance agenda.
Based on an in-depth analysis of population data from over ten thousand cities worldwide across two decades, this paper reveals the global patterns of differentiation in urban demographic change and explores their civilizational, economic, and geopolitical implications.
The chaotic street naming in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, is not merely a municipal failure but also reflects a profound absence of state authority in space. From a global urban perspective, this article explores the structural conflicts between naming power, community memory, and state capacity.
A systematic review based on 630 publications shows that over 90% of urban social-ecological system studies treat the built environment as a passive backdrop. This paper comments on this "spatial blind spot" and its profound implications for urban sustainability governance, and analyzes why a spatial systems framework is a necessary theoretical evolution for the urban age.
A study covering 140 cities worldwide reveals a profound structural link between urban growth patterns and cooling demand. In an era when climate adaptation has become a core mission for cities, urban planning must be repositioned as a long-term strategic tool.
From the strategic perspective of global knowledge infrastructure, this paper examines the structural transformations brought about by artificial intelligence in digital media, the humanities, and information science. Based on a mixed-methods study, the article analyzes research trends and user perceptions of AI in library and information science, pointing out that automated metadata indexing, citation analysis, and recommendation systems are becoming core mechanisms of knowledge management, while also exploring long-term challenges in interdisciplinary collaboration, transparency, and ethical governance.
Cleveland reshapes post-industrial urban competitiveness through systematic collaboration, infrastructure advantages, and NASA research assets, shifting from cost competition to risk mitigation and innovation ecosystem.
Based on the latest research in Scientific Reports, analyze the spatial distribution characteristics and driving factors of 289 national-level intangible cultural heritage items in the Pearl River Basin. From the perspective of global city and regional governance, the article explores the upstream-downstream gradient effect, terrain dominance, and its synergy with transportation in the distribution of intangible cultural heritage, and proposes a differentiated protection framework based on the "source-sink" relationship, providing strategic ideas for the cultural heritage governance of multi-provincial basins.
Oliver Wyman analysis shows that Asia is becoming a new global growth center, with cities like Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai dominating business development over the next decade. This fundamental shift in the competitive landscape of cities reflects the long-term reshaping of the economic center of gravity moving eastward, infrastructure advantages, and innovation ecosystems.
China's Shenzhen and Shanghai are competing to become the center of the eVTOL industry, which is not only a technological competition but also a microcosm of urban strategy, national industrial policy, and the restructuring of the global city system. This article analyzes, from the perspective of global city research, how the two cities reshape urban power structures, infrastructure competition, and the logic of urban agglomeration development through the low-altitude economy.
The Chicago Fiscal Future Working Group found that residents are highly concerned about budget issues but lack trust in the decision-making process. The article explores how fiscal sustainability depends on citizen trust rather than just fiscal tools, revealing a core challenge of global urban governance.
The female labor force participation rate in Indian cities with a population of over one million jumped from 19.8% in 2017-18 to 27.2% in 2025. This not only reflects economic progress but also reveals the structural power of cities as engines of social change.