The children’s city – where play meets urban development and nature
How do children see the city? At the Malmö Festival, SLU Urban Futures and Botildenborg invited visitors on a playful journey into the world of urban development. By planting, creating, and interacting with a map, the children left their mark on Malmö—both literally and symbolically.
SLU Urban Futures work with Living Labs
SLU Urban Futures works with the concept of Living Labs - a place and a learning arena for different actors to jointly test, understand and develop solutions for complex challenges. The purpose of living labs is to experiment with new processes and methods that would otherwise be difficult to implement in conventional urban environments.
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
During the third webinar in the series “Venue: Urban Landscapes,” researchers and urban developers discussed how climate-adapted urban planning can help mitigate the effects of extreme heat in our cities.
News from SLU Urban Futures
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How can we work with nature in our cities and regions?
There was great interest in nature-based solutions, NbS, when the SLU-based Nature-based Solutions Network together with the City of Malmö hosted a summit in Malmö. -
Exploring seascapes through taste, memory, and stories
Professor Maggie Roe from Newcastle University recently visited SLU in Alnarp to share insights from the UK-based research initiative Seascapes: Tyne to Tees, Shores to Seas, a multi-year project focused on reconnecting local communities with the coastal and marine landscapes of northeast England. -
From child-friendly places to child-friendly cities
Research shows that children's physical, psychological, and mental health is affected by the availability and quality of outdoor environments. In Malmö, several projects are underway to create child-friendly street environments and neighborhoods – in collaboration with the children themselves. -
Why climate messages need more depth, not less
The Climate Conversation "Communication, imagination, and collaboration in climate response" explored how adequate knowledge is still overlooked in the field of climate-related risks in food production and adaptation planning. -
Getting political in the neoliberal city: new book explores justice, resistance and the role of design
Planning and design face complex environmental and spatial justice challenges in the era of neoliberal urbanism. In the new book Getting Political in the Neoliberal City, co-editor Burcu Yiğit Turan explains why these fields must engage politically to drive meaningful change.