London’s first timber skyscraper could be a step closer to reality this week after researchers presented Mayor of London Boris Johnson with...
Two new funding initiatives at the University of Cambridge will support the UK’s infrastructure and cities.
Researchers from UK and Chinese universities, including the University of Cambridge, are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving...
New model says world cities face expected losses of $4.6 trillion in economic output over the next decade as a result of natural or man-made...
In a landmark project with UN-Habitat, a team of Cambridge researchers has designed a community centre in one of Kenya’s biggest and oldest slums...
Funding announced by the Chancellor in last week’s budget is part of a wider £138 million programme to support the UK’s infrastructure and cities.
A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely...
The construction industry could slash its carbon emissions by as much as 50% by optimising the design of new buildings, which currently use double...
Climate change may have contributed to the decline of a city-dwelling civilisation in Pakistan and India 4,100 years ago, according to new research.
Today we commence a month-long focus on research on sustainability and the environment. To begin, Professor Lord Martin Rees and Professor Paul...
Research is combining film ‘archaeology’ with digital technology to create a new approach to ‘sites of memory’ for the London borough of Battersea...
More and more of us live in cities where disparate communities jostle for space. Eminent sociologist Richard Sennett will give a public lecture on...
