Estate Watch: A new resource for communities going through estate demolition

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Over 35,000 homes on London council estates are earmarked for demolition. Estate Watch is a new website seeking to ensure tenants and residents have the information, tools and resources to fight their corner. Click here to visit…

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Essential, yet expendable: how a pandemic revealed the role of displaced migrants in the Cyprus labour market

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Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe’s Refugees (GLIMER) explores the opportunities for European cities to implement more  sustainable integration strategies for migrants and refugees, with a focus on Cyprus, Italy, Sweden and Scotland.…

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What staying at home can teach us about the housing experiences of many older people

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The COVID-19 virus and associated government responses have had a considerable impact on the housing system in the UK. This blog by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE)’s Professor David Robinson, reposted from the…

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What is a circular economy? The case of circular catering and other examples from the Netherlands

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This blog by Racher Greer and Susan Pit outline some of the implications of circular economy approaches to catering in the Netherlands, drawing on their research with the WASTE FEW ULL (Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs…

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Is migration an untapped resource in transformations to sustainability?

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This interview with Neil Adger, one of the Principal Investigators of the MISTY: Migration and Sustainability project, explores some of the connections between migration, cities and sustainable development. This piece has been reposted from the T2S…

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Urban Public Administration and ServiceS innovation for Innovative Urban Mobility Management and Policy (U-PASS)

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In a context of rapid urbanisation, cities face particular challenges in meeting the growing demand for transport, particularly through conventional approaches of private transport and road expansion. Urban Public Administration and ServiceS innovation for Innovative Urban…

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Sustainable, Innovative, Resilient, and Interconnected Urban Food System (SIRIUS)

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Economic transformation, climate change and other forces have placed considerable pressure on urban food systems, yet the future of city food systems remain a relatively overlooked dimension of urban sustainability. Sustainable, Innovative, Resilient, and Interconnected Urban…

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Designing Sponge Cities for Multiple Benefits: Integrating Nature Based Solutions to Create Sustainable Places (DeSCIPHER)

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With the onset of climate change, cities in China and Europe are now contending with increasing environmental stress and degradation. Designing Sponge Cities for Multiple Benefits: Integrating Nature Based Solutions to Create Sustainable Places (DeSCIPHER) seeks…

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Socio-Techno-Economic Pathways for Sustainable Urban Energy DeveloPment (STEP-UP)

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From rapid urbanisation in developing countries such as China to inert and inefficient governance and infrastructure systems in many European cities, the barriers to improving urban energy systems are complex. Socio-Techno-Economic Pathways for Sustainable Urban Energy…

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SustaInable Mobility and Equality in Mega-ciTy RegIons (SIMETRI): Patterns, Mechanisms and Governance

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The 21st century will be dominated by very large urban agglomerations, qualitatively different from large cities and requiring a new mode of analysis. SustaInable Mobility and Equality in Mega-ciTy RegIons (SIMETRI): Patterns, Mechanisms and Governance seeks to…

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