Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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From New York to Seattle, voters have swept in a new generation of progressive mayors. But how are they going to deliver on their ambitious agendas? Only by adopting a new perspective based on a combination of complex systems science and evolutionary science. Marina Alberti is a true pioneer of this perspective. She is Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Washington and author of Cities that Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems.

Our conversation ranges from how she acquired a complexity/evolution perspective to how it can be applied to the city of Seattle, along with any other city and region around the world.

https://urbdp.be.uw.edu/people/marina-alberti/
amazon.com/Cities-That-Think-like-Planets/dp/0295996668

For more on the same theme, please view Evolving Complex Systems in Boston and Beyond, with Daniel T. O'Brien: youtube.com/watch?v=UM4WFYyqpSA&t=1s

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