GCHU Intern Alex Csaky, a BA Archaeology and Anthropology student at the University of Oxford, discusses the potential benefits of brownfield redevelopment in addressing the issues facing urban areas worldwide.
Key urban challenges and their unequal impact on health
GCHU Intern Anna Todsen, an MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation student at the University of Oxford, discusses key urban challenges for major cities and their impact on human health.
The ‘human’ cost – assessing the benefits of green and blue infrastructures for improved health and well-being
GCHU Intern and MSc Evidence-Based Health Care student Christine Waddell assesses the benefits of blue-green infrastructure on human and environmental health.
Building Towards Net Zero Carbon Homes
In collaboration with The Prince’s Foundation, the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College, Oxford has launched a report on Building Towards Net Zero Carbon Homes.
GCHU Micro-internships on Healthy Cities
Three interns that joined the GCHU to contribute to the work of the Commission on Creating Healthy Cities and help develop pages of the Healthy Cities Toolkit, share their experiences of working at the centre.
The Hidden Cost of Construction
GCHU Intern and MEng Engineering student Eleanor Cosford analyses the effects of embodied energy usage in construction on the environmental impact of buildings.
Trends in urban sustainable experiments and the importance of post-occupancy testing
GCHU Intern and BA Geography student Juan Garcia Valencia reviews the current experiment trends in urban sustainability.
Achieving net zero household energy use
GCHU Intern and MPhys Physics student Lucy Main analyses the energy saving strategies to achieving net zero household energy use.
Fuel poverty: UK’s growing challenge – affordable fuel for all?
GCHU Intern and BPhil Philosophy student Michael O’Connor analyses the various indicators of fuel poverty in the UK and the importance of addressing energy vulnerability.
Changes in travel? A review of research on transport during the COVID-19 pandemic
GCHU Intern and BA Economics and Management student Conrad Tuckey writes on the radical effect of COVID-19 on travel behaviour across the globe.