GCHU Round-up – Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

GCHU End of year round-up 2021

We’ve summarised our highlights from 2021 and look forward to an exciting 2022.

From everyone at GCHU, we wish you a safe and healthy year ahead.

Visions for reconstructing Gaza’s urban infrastructure: Phoenix from the ashes?

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.

11 Feb

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.

09 Feb

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.

04 Dec

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.…

20 Nov

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…

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