Society & Culture
We hear from Bernadene Voss, Mayor of the City of Port Phillip and Trevor Budge, Strategic Development leader at the City of Greater Bendigo on why the COVID-19 pandemic has many talking and thinking seriously about relocating away from our lager cities and into smaller regional communities. We ask if the great love affair with 'big cities' is over and have we fallen out of love with cities?We also cover; is Fishermans Bend an opportunity to apply the lessons from COVID, what can Jane Jacobs teach us in 2020, what needs to change in the way we plan and deliver our cities in the 'COVID-normal' era and how much can (or should) Local Government actually do?GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at talkingcities@aecom.com. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked InFor any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.Please if you enjoy listening to Talking Cities, leave us a 5 star rating and don't forget to subscribe.