Latest news
EcoCities Short Film Competition winner announced
EcoCities Guest Lecture: London, where the streets are paved with green
EcoCities in the News: "The Heat is on: Scientists predict summer temperatures could soar to 33C"
European Environment Agency workshop
Blueprint Newsletter: Issue 3, March 2011
Climate change projections for Greater Manchester report (2011).
Risk of flooding to infrastructure in Greater Manchester report (2011).
Climate Proof Cities Spring School Workshop (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
Climate Change Adaptation: news headlines
Interactive map of US shows how climate change will affect health
Housebuilders must rise to the challenge of climate change
Solar panels help cool buildings, says study
Adapting to an uncertain climate
London – where the streets are paved with gold, and the gardens with cement
Incentives 'can help home-owners go green'
Opportunities offered by climate change
Bradford residents asked about flood risk
Sheffield's green roof safaris
EcoCities is an initiative led by the University of Manchester and funded by Bruntwood, drawing on the expertise of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC), Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and Brooks World Poverty Institute. The project will focus on the response of urban areas to the impacts of climate change, looking particularly at how we can adapt our cities to the challenges and opportunities that a changing climate presents.
EcoCities seeks to provide Manchester, by the end of 2011, with its first blueprint for an integrated climate change adaptation strategy. This will be based on leading scientific research, extensive stakeholder engagement, and best practice examples of new programmes successfully piloted during a three-year period.