ISSUES presents ‘Brave New City London’ at the Institution of Civil Engineers

 

The ‘Brave New City London’ debate on March 24th brought together experts from across the political, commercial and academic sectors to discuss the challenges to creating a sustainable urban environment.

Pitting the wits of (among others) the government’s first Chief Construction Advisor, Paul Morrell, against founder of think-tank Demos, Geoff Mulgan, the debate was chaired by President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and ISSUES Principal Investigator, Paul Jowitt.

The expert panel was joined by an audience of researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the urban landscape, as well as academic and industry partners from the Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) research programme, the EPSRC funded research around which the event was organised.

Meet the panellists.

Click here to view a profile of each of the expert panellists, including an insight into their favourite movie.

What the panellists said.

Click here to read a full summary of the discussion and challenges, and find out how the SUE programme works to address them.

Find it now in SUE.

Click here for access to the SUE Gateway, the one-stop search tool for £38m of Sustainable Urban Environment research, to find the facts and tools relevant to you.

Ask the SUE Experts.

Click here for access to the SUE Gallery of Experts, a who’s who of the brightest minds in each area of the Sustainable Urban Environment.

SUE: A Project in Posters.

Check out the SUE movie poster exhibition, designed to bring SUE research to public buildings, exhibitions and events around the country.

Any Questions?

If you want to ask a specific question about any aspect of SUE research, ask Annabel (annabel.cooper@sistech.co.uk) to put you in touch with the relevant researcher.

The challenges raised by panellists and audience members:

• How to ensure joined-up, multidisciplinary thinking and action is adopted in order to create a sustainable urban environment.
• The need for sustainable masterplans to have ‘gaps’ that allow for organic project growth, along with the contribution and consent of the people for whom they are intended.
• The necessity for Social Design to be considered in new building and regeneration so that the mistakes of the past are not repeated.
• The desire for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to find a new model for sharing and disseminating knowledge in an increasingly interconnected world.
• The reality that energy provision and use will be turned on its head in the cities and towns of the future.

Click here to read a full summary of the discussion and challenges, and find out how the SUE programme works to address them.