CITYLABORATORY

Estar, will give a lecture about our recent work as part of the ‘Form-Givers’ lecture Series at the Cass.
18th of January 6:30pm

ESTAR: The Form-givers lecture series

Public health experts: Close roads so children can play in the street like their parents did.

Close roads so children can play in the street like their parents did, say public health experts Roads should be closed regularly to allow children to play in the street as they did a generation ago, health experts have said, after a study showed pilot schemes increased youngsters’ activity five-fold.

SPONGE cities

Sponge Cities: What is it all about? — World Future Council The 34 hectares urban storm water park in the city of Harbin in northern China is an example of successful Sponge City intervention. The storm water park provides multiple ecosystems services: it collects, cleanses and stores storm water and lets it infiltrate it into the aquifers. At the same time…