Projects – Page 2 – Urban Transformations

Quantifying Cities for Sustainable Development: Transforming Urban Data Collection to Support Research and Policy Making in Developing Countries

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While urbanisation presents significant opportunities for poverty reduction in developing countries, the frequent absence of reliable demographic data is a major obstacle to effective and evidence-based policymaking. This lack of information is especially acute in urban…

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 –…

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…

Learning from Small Cities: Governing Imagined Futures and the Dynamics of Change in India’s Smart Urban Age

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While India is currently implementing a number of high-profile initiatives around ‘futuring’ its growing urban areas through smart technologies, the specific role that smaller cities are playing in this transformation is largely overlooked. This is despite…

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE)

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With supply shortages, lack of affordability and rising levels of homelessness, housing has become an increasingly acute concern across the UK. The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) therefore aims to support local and national…

Learning Loops in the Public Realm (LOOPER)

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A central difficulty in resolving issues such as air pollution, traffic congestion and road safety is the large number of potential actors involved, each with competing perspectives and interested. Learning Loops in the Public Realm (LOOPER)…

Smart Urban Intermediaries – Trans-European Research, Learning and Action

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European cities face complex challenges that demand smart solutions. Smart Urban Intermediaries – Trans-European Research, Learning and Action, building on contributions from a variety of partner organizations in Netherlands, Denmark and the UK, seeks to identify…

Urban Education Live (UEL)

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The complex demands of urban communities today require stronger collaboration between different stakeholders to support innovation and inclusion. Urban Education Live (UEL) aims to promote partnerships and knowledge exchange through a consortium of academic organisations, NGOs…

The KNOWledge politics of experimentING with smart urbanism

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Across Europe, smart urbanism experiments are having an increasing influence on mainstream approaches to urban development. The KNOWledge Politics of ExperimentING with Smart Urbanism aims to assess the impact of these innovative approaches through a comparative…