Lecture slides 2025 and before.

2025 Lectures

2024 Lectures

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

Lecture 1, global warming and the city

Lecture 2, Restore the Streetcar City, part 1. 

Lecture 3, Restore the Streetcar City, part 2. 

Lecture 4. Rule 2 Interconnected Street System 

Lecture 4, Rule 3 and 4 Five Minute Walking Distance and Jobs close to Homes. 

Lecture 5, Rule 4 A Variety of House Types

Lecture 6, Rule 5, Jobs near affordable homes. 

Lecture 7, Rule 6 A Linked System of Natural Areas and Parks

Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities. 

Lecture 8, The three waves. 

Lecture 9, Systems

Lecture 10, Patterns

Lecture 11 Resilience 

Lecture 12. Green Infrastructure. 

2023 Lectures

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

Lecture 1, global warming and the city

Lecture 2, Restore the Streetcar City, part 1. 

Lecture 3, Restore the Streetcar City, part 2. 

Lecture 4. Rule 2 Interconnected Street System 

Lecture 4, Rule 3 and 4 Five Minute Walking Distance and Jobs close to Homes. 

Lecture 5, Rule 4 A Variety of House Types

Lecture 6, Rule 5, Jobs near affordable homes. 

Lecture 7, Rule 6 A Linked System of Natural Areas and Parks

Lecture 8, Rule 7 Lighter, Greener, Cheaper, Smarter Infrastructure. 

Five Rules Lectures 

Lecture 1, Three great waves: Rural to urban and birth rate collapse

Lecture 2, Three great waves: Inequality. 

Lecture 3, Rule 1 Systems.

Lecture 4, Rule 2 Patterns

Lecture 5, Rule 3 Resilience

Lecture 6, Rule 4 Green Infrastructure

2022 Lectures 

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

Lecture 1 Global warming and the city. 

Lecture 2. Restore the Streetcar City. 

Lecture 3. Interconnected Street System - Five Minute Walking Distance to Commercial Services and Transit. 

Lecture 4. Good jobs close to homes. 

Lecture 5. A Diversity of House Types. 

Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities. 

Lecture 6. Introduction to the Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities.

Lecture 7. Inequality

Lecture 8. The city as a system. 

Lecture 9. The patterns of the city. 

Lecture 10. Resilience

Lecture 11. Green infrastructure. 

From 2021 below this line. 

Lecture 6. Linked system of natural areas and parks. 

Lecture 7. Green infrastructure

Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities

Lecture 1. Introduction. 

Lecture 2. Three great waves. 

Lecture 3. Two global city types. 

Below this line from 2021

Lecture 5. The patterns of the city. 

Lecture 6. Greening in world cities. 

Lecture 7. Resilience

Lecture 8. Work. 

2020 Lectures. 

Link to Lecture 1 Global Warming and the City  

Link to Lecture 2- Restore the Streetcar City
Link to Lecture 3 - Rule 2 and 3, Interconnected Streets and a Fve Minute Walking Distance 
Link to Lecture 4 - Rule 4 Good Jobs Close to Homes 
Link to Lecture 5 - Rule 5 A Diversity of House Types 
Link to Lecture 6 - Rule 6 and 7, Linked Parks and Green Infrastructure
Link to Lecture 8A - The Three Great Waves Changing Cities Forever
Link to Lecture 8B - Two City Types in Response
Link to Lecture 9 - Rule 1 Urban Systems
Link to Lecture 10 - Rule 2 Urban Networks and Patterns
Link to Lecture 11A Rule 3 Green Infrastructure and
Link to Lecture 11 B - Urban resilience
Link to Lecture 12. - Adapt to Shift in Jobs.
Link to Lecture 13 - Five rules overview