Water and cities: 'The Great Think'

...summer of 1858, Parliament soon realised that major improvements in the city’s water infrastructure were needed. Although Sir Joseph Bazalgette led the ensuing works, it’s notable that this effort was...
...summer of 1858, Parliament soon realised that major improvements in the city’s water infrastructure were needed. Although Sir Joseph Bazalgette led the ensuing works, it’s notable that this effort was...
...the role and integration of decentralised and centralised energy systems in a future UK low carbon energy system assessing distribution networks for both heat and electricity - capacity, siting, viable...
Guest post by Dr Shima Beigi. In this article, inspired by the movement of open spaces in cities across the world and resilience theory1, I argue that city and human...
Paul Dietrich from The Peckham Coal Line team explains how citizen involvement can help communities shape unused spaces in their city. The Peckham Coal Line project will make use of...
...with prosperity, health and the liveability of cities – all of which are concerns of the Future of Cities project. 'Active travel in the city of the future', Phil Insall’s...
...Danilo Di Mascio and Diogo Henriques from Northumbria University was created as part of the Newcastle City Futures 2065 project. Read the related report. Sign up for email alerts from...
...expressed in terms of the carbon intensity of the electricity supply – ie the amount of GHG emissions produced per unit of electricity generated. BedZED eco-village (credit: Tom Chance/CC BY...
...together with London and Edinburgh, and examine their cumulative differential performance - the cumulated difference between each city’s annual growth rate and that of the UK as a whole –...
...with the impact of innovations such as the Internet of Things, will have a profound effect on all aspects of city life. This will include anything, from transport planning and...