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More than 65% of the world's population are projected to live in urban areas by 2050, with major implications resource use, energy, water and sanitation, and health and well-being. At the same time urbanization can bring benefits, especially efficiency gains. SEI examines these challenges in the round to advance sustainable urbanization.
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Media coverage / When it comes to cleaning up the air, we have a lot to learn from the rest of the world, including China.
Feature / Get a glimpse of what it means to live with air pollution in Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.
Media coverage / Guardian Op-Ed on how lack of affordable housing in the UK seriously affects people's lives
Journal article / This co-design study reports on how urban spaces and infrastructure impacts mobility and well-being for older residents in the UK.
Feature / For two years, an SEI-led team of researchers measured groundwater levels throughout the city in search of answers to Bangalore's water shortage.
Perspective / Asia Pacific urbanisation has led to increasing waste and emissions and natural capital degradation. A circular economy can address these growing hazards.
Other publication / This report provides a first-ever assessment of how opportunities for low-carbon development are distributed across the world’s urban areas.
Perspective / As Vietnam's growth accelerates, "Source to Sea" planning may increasingly become compatible with its future development.
Initiative / This initiative investigates how rapidly growing cities affect residents' wellbeing and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.









