Policy – Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

Exploring the Transformative Power of Urban Climate Experiments: A Case Study of Graetzlmarie, Vienna

GCHU Postdoctoral Research Fellow Astrid Krisch outlines the insights of her newest research paper published in the journal ‘European Urban and Regional Studies’

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

Timothy J. Dixon – Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading and Visiting Fellow/Research Associate, Kellogg College/GCHU 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…

17 Nov

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…

07 Nov

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…

31 Oct

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.

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