Ep.53 - Socio-spatial analysis with Ritva Vilppola

This episode's guest is Ritva Vilppola. Originally from Aotearoa-New Zealand, Ritva now lives in The Netherlands, via Australia, and they discuss the intersection of architecture, design, and communities in different contexts: urban design, parks, resilience planning. To learn more about their practice you can email Ritva or contact them via LinkedIn: ritva.m.vilppola@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/ritvamaria-vilppola You can also hear more about Ritva's current work on the cross-section of community development and labour organising at the upcoming IACD 2026 Conference in Glasgow! Ritva and Russell discuss a range of intellectual influences, documents and texts related to socio-spatial scales: Jason Hickel, David Harvey, Samuel Stein, Jane Jacobs https://architecture-lobby.org/event/... Community Work at Maleny Neighbourhood Centre o Disaster resilience: https://getreadymaleny.com.au/ and my fellowship project: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/O... o Housing: https://issuu.com/hinterlandtimes/doc... and https://gcnews.com.au/housing-stress-... o Community Forums: https://gcnews.com.au/strength-in-for... and   / urn:li:activity:6955728676592246786   o Active Transport: https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/... Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing o   / urn:li:activity:6825988344275722240   ________________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress...