Urbanism

Investigates the relationships between urban patterns, society and design and planning interventions that may promote a more sustainable and fair urban environment.

	Delta urbanism The theme seeks new design and planning approaches that will resolve the many competing claims on land use in urbanising delta regions. Read more
	Design of the urban fabric The theme aims to strengthen urban design through a better understanding of its contribution to making sustainable places, and by providing new tools for professional practice. Read more
	Metropolitan and spatial structure The theme is concerned with understanding the evolution and performance of different regional spatial structures in terms of economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and social wellbeing. Read more
	Regional governance, planning and design The theme investigates the role of spatial planning and regional design in managing regions, in the context of increasing complexity and fragmentation of spatial relationships. Read more
	International planning and developing regions The theme leads on building more valid methodologies of international comparative analysis and applying them to improve understanding the varying forms of spatial planning in the world. Read more
	The future city The theme focuses on the shaping of urban futures through systematic thinking, planning scripting and envisioning of the technological, environmental and social aspects of the future. Read more
	The history and heritage vector The theme explores the emerging paradigm of ‘heritage as a connector’ rather than collection, with attention to the role of cultural heritage, spatial planning and design. Read more
	Urban metabolism The theme is concerned with understanding urban environmental flows, their relationship to landscape systems theory and performance in terms of spatial quality and environmental sustainability. Read more