Soliphilia and Citizen Power
The strength of attachment to what Indigenous Australians call their ‘country’ is difficult for many people from contemporary ‘European’ cultures to fathom. A translation of a song from the Oenpelli...
View ArticleClimate, biodiversity and the bigger picture
Climate has become so dominant in discourse on environmental politics that it can seem like it is the only issue that matters. Not so, says Tim Hirsch FRSA, who argues that the positive role of...
View ArticleA Strategy for Smarter Growth
For decades, Britain has lagged behind the Continent in the quality of infrastructure, and building new homes. Nicholas Falk FRSA outlines some ways in which smarter growth could be achieved. Despite,...
View ArticleDesigns on Mathematics
Mathematics has been deeply involved in design since it was used to plan the pyramids of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Chris Ormell FRSA charts changes in the relationship between the two disciplines and...
View ArticleShining light on the sustainable economy
Mark Hatwood FRSA set up the CoBRA scheme to recycle batteries and Low Energy light bulbs. Despite its success, he hopes for a day when industry and government action on creating a more sustainable...
View ArticleIn need of marriage counselling
The Millennium Development Goals will remain an impossible dream unless local governance is wedded to better global stewardship, argues Philip Monaghan FRSA. ‘Eco cities’, urban ‘place-making’, and the...
View ArticleDriving young people out
Learning to drive is increasingly expensive and out of the reach of many young people, whose chances of securing work – already reduced – are further diminished if they cannot drive. David Homewood...
View ArticleWastes as Resources
With over half the world’s population living in urban conurbations, it is becoming increasingly important to see these areas as alternative sources of natural resources. Chris Coggins FRS argues it is...
View ArticleHow cities learn
Eddy Adam FRSA has spent the past year looking at how cities can innovate in addressing the challenges they face in the 21st century. Central to this is how cities can better learn from one another....
View ArticleAction on passive housing
The UK’s mainstream political parties agree that we need more homes and to cut carbon emissions. Stewart Fergusson FRSA argues that the ‘passive house’ approach, which is well developed in parts of...
View ArticlePublic spaces that love people
As the Carnegie UK Trust launches a new competition, Jenny Brotchie argues that the evidence for the positive impact of a high quality built environment on our wellbeing is clear and that people and...
View ArticleCan games technology revive place-making?
How can we re-discover this lost art of city making and adapt it to 21st century and future needs? Anthony Hudson FRSA argues that the internet is demonstrating how we can begin to understand, predict...
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