planning

Stop calling it the housing ladder. For those on low incomes, it’s a treadmill

Media coverage / Guardian Op-Ed on how lack of affordable housing in the UK seriously affects people's lives

Local costs of conservation exceed those borne by the global majority

Journal article / Conservation planning tools and processes need to consider local costs as well as broader benefits.

Co-designing urban living solutions to improve older people’s mobility and well-being

Journal article / This co-design study reports on how urban spaces and infrastructure impacts mobility and well-being for older residents in the UK.

Building thriving, low-carbon cities: an overview of policy options for national governments

Press release / A new report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions – and authored by SEI – could help national governments transform the way cities work.

Ventura River

Project / SEI is building the Ventura Water Allocation Model (VWAM) using SEI’s flagship WEAP software for the Ventura River watershed in California.

ROCK

Project / Regeneration and Optimisation of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities

Why green spaces are good for grey matter

Feature / Walking between urban and green spaces triggers changes in levels of excitement, engagement and frustration in the brain, a study of older people has found.

USAID Clean Power Asia

Project / The USAID Clean Power Asia project was an initiative to facilitate investments in environmentally friendly, grid-connected renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

The health and wellbeing benefits of greenspaces

Project / This project brought together researchers to understand if more specific ‘greenspace dose’ recommendations can be made to improve health and wellbeing.