Projects – Page 2 – Urban Transformations

Waterproofing Data: Engaging Stakeholders in the Sustainable Governance of Flood Risks for Urban Resilience

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Waterproofing Data: Engaging Stakeholders in the Sustainable Governance of Flood Risks for Urban Resilience seeks to support more adaptive, community-approaches to flood preparedness through the development of closer links between citizens and data. Focusing on the…

TAPESTRY: Transformation as Praxis: Exploring Socially Just and Transdisciplinary Pathways to Sustainability in Marginal Environments

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TAPESTRY: Transformation as Praxis: Exploring Socially Just and Transdisciplinary Pathways to Sustainability in Marginal Environments is an innovative project that examines how progressive change can help drive climate change adaptation and resilience. Focusing on vulnerable coastal…

Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Cities

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Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Cities is an ESRC-funded project based at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy. Drawing on the results from earlier research, this project seeks to inform the design and delivery of urban climate…

The Moveable NEXUS: Design-led Sustainable Water, Food and Energy Management within the New Boundary

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In an age of climate change, cities are particularly vulnerable to pressures on their food, water and energy resources. The Moveable NEXUS: Design-led Sustainable Water, Food and Energy Management within the New Boundary aims to support…

T-SUM: Transitions to Sustainable Urban Mobility

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While economic growth in the Global North has historically been accompanied by an increase in private car use, many cities are now taking steps to develop alternative models to car-oriented development to reduce the burden of…

Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration, and Well-being

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Despite making up a large share of urban growth in many developing cities, migrant populations are often overlooked by policy makers and local authorities. Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration, and Well-being aims to address…

CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus Choices: Operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

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The CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus Choices: Operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus project seeks to strengthen urban resilience through the development of an intersectoral knowledge platform. Its research will focus on the development of Urban Living Labs…

WASTE FEW ULL – Mapping and Reducing Waste in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus)

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Resource waste is one of the most pressing challenges facing city regions today, and is especially acute at the interface of urban food, energy and waster systems. WASTE FEW ULL (Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs –…

Urbanising in Place

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As cities expand into peri-urban areas, urban agriculture and the complex ecosystems on which it depends are increasingly under threat. Despite the significant benefits farming communities bring to the management of the food-water-energy (FEW) nexus, however,…

Creating Interfaces: Building Capacity for Integrated Governance at the FWE nexus in Cities on the Water

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The complexities of food, water and energy governance in urban areas is a major barrier to effective understanding and collaboration between different stakeholders. Creating Interfaces: Building Capacity for Integrated Governance at the FWE Nexus in Cities…