POSTCARD FROM UTRECHT: Healthier living and the AoU Congress July 2025July 2025 Spending six days in the Netherlands to attend the Academy of Urbanism Congress in the Dutch city of Utrecht in June brought home the huge benefits from sustained public investment in creating connected cities and healthy neighbourhoods. Revisiting Amersfoort, Utrecht and Rotterdam before ending up in Amsterdam showed how much could be achieved over a…
Better Housing for the 21st Century January 2019June 2025 A report by The Academy of Urbanism on how the problems of the English housing market may be solved by learning from successful places.
Affordable Housing July 2018June 2025 A contract from Shelter to advise their Social Housing Commission on international good practice resulted in thirteen illustrated case studies from Bilbao to Singapore and Zurich., and an analysis of published information on social housing in Europe.
How can local government build sustainable urban neighbourhoods? February 2012June 2025 The UK needs many more and better homes. This study presents ideas drawn from research and case studies on how to develop sustainable new communities.
