Activities Built Environment

The urban environment
The Built Environment Programme started in 2009, focusing on the "Good built environment" environmental objective. It reflects the increasing attention being paid to the urban environment, as well as SLU's belief that it has knowledge to contribute in this field.

However, the term "built environment" and the related environmental objective are both heterogeneous and complex. This is because issues concerning the urban environment are closely related to local and social contexts, which means that environmental issues must often be analysed on the basis of differing premises and local conditions. The programme places the emphasis on data analysis and methods development, rather than data collection.

Urban development and democracy development
The fields in which SLU is particularly able to contribute knowledge, and which will be given priority, are various aspects of sustainable urban development and democracy development. This may include issues as varying as child health and safety, development of planning tools, analyses of green and water areas.