In this blog, GCHU Research Associate Timothy J. Dixon examines the competing visions for Gaza’s future and looks at the implications for reconstructing urban infrastructure, including health services.
What do Britain’s new towns teach us about healthy urbanism?
GCHU intern Hannah Poultney reflects on some of the lessons learnt from Britain’s new towns which offers benefits beyond providing housing to improving health and well-being, protecting biodiversity and addressing the climate change challenge.
Building Greener New Towns: Implementing Sustainable Supply Chains in New Urban Development
In this blog, GCHU intern Hannah Smith elaborates on the significance of innovative methods of sustainable supply chain management in building sustainable new towns.
Can citizen-led urban planning help us create healthy and adaptive cities?
Ahead of the next GCHU Public Seminar in January 2026, this blog explores how a more deliberative (or citizen-led) approach to urban health adaptation planning can help create cities that are healthier and more responsive and resilient to climate change.…
Does the government’s target of 1.5 million new homes add up? The role of brownfield, grey belt, and greenfield sites
In the run up to the UK Budget on 26th November, this blog explores the data around the Government’s housing target and asks, do the figures add up in terms of land use? There has been a lot of scepticism about the UK…
Venice in Balance: Preserving the Past, Navigating the Present
Architect Marina Resende Gaia de Souza reflects on her experience of the Venice Summer School 2025 This is not a technical analysis, but a personal reflection of what my eyes captured during the two-week summer school Sustainable, Healthy Cities: Building for…
Reflections from the Workshop: The Future of Low Carbon Health and Care
The Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) partnered with the Centre for Personalised Medicine and the National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley, to run a workshop on the Future of Low Carbon Health…
Weaving Sustainability into Venice’s Margins: Reimagining Tronchetto
The project reimagines Venice’s Tronchetto island as a connected, community-centred and ecologically resilient neighbourhood, showing how thoughtful, small-scale interventions can foster meaningful and lasting urban sustainability.
Urban Futures Across Borders: Reflections from a Visiting Research Associate
GCHU Visiting Global Research Associate Dr Tashanna Walker shares reflections from her time in Oxford, exploring the intersections of urban security, redevelopment, and postcolonial resilience in Kingston, Jamaica, while contributing Caribbean perspectives to global dialogues on urban precarity and policy.
What is an adaptive city and what would it look like if you saw one?
In this blog, GCHU Research Associate Timothy J. Dixon explores the evolution of the smart city concept and why, in an era of escalating climate, social, and economic shocks, cities must go beyond tech-driven solutions to become adaptive urban systems.