We are living through a period during which cities are changing much faster than usual. Lengthy and conservative cycles of planning, consultation, policy development, budgeting and implementation are being bypassed by accelerated delivery frameworks and temporary...
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The COVID-19 lockdown has forced us to decentralise work: let’s not go back | Matthew Harrison
One faint silver lining to the very dark cloud of COVID-19 is the positive effect the lockdown has had on the environment. As many employers have been forced to embrace remote working and with the restriction on ‘unnecessary’ travel, the reduction in road use has had...
How has coronavirus changed cities? Using urban data to understand lockdown | Manchester Urban Observatory
What would happen if we could remove cars from our cities? Can we improve air quality to reduce vulnerability to Coronavirus? These are big questions with massive ramifications for public health, liveability and climate change. This post uses urban data to examine how...
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