Department of Urban and Rural Development

Green Equity Index – equal access to green spaces in Malmö
The importance of green spaces in urban environments is increasingly emphasized by high political authorities, including in the nature restoration regulation that the EU recently decided on, and in

Book about the forest in the city wins Sweden's Architects Critics Award
The book Woods Go Urban radically explores how forests can be integrated into the the city. By highlighting the important role of trees and vegetation in urban planning, the book provides both
A tool for mapping dialogue systems
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Urban farming opens up for conversation about the future
What do people in Rosengård think about the future and how can you grow plants indoors in a basement in a good way? Nina Vogel, program director at SLU Urban Futures, is one of the researchers
Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality
Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a new inspirational lunch webinar about interdisciplinarity! In this webinar a

Rules and tools
The question of how existing rules and tools can help municipalities design health-promoting residential areas, is tested, evaluated and critically discussed. Background The importance of nature for
Assumptions and values influence research on agricultural sustainability
Assumptions and values influence research on agricultural sustainability futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a new inspirational lunch webinar about interdisciplinarity! This webinar welcomes Helena
Tania Li lecture
Development-imposed harms, differentiated citizenship, and access to redress: Towards a comparative account anni.hoffren@slu.se Division of Rural Development invites you to an public lecture with
The social economy of the forest
The project maps and analyzes the change in forestry in Småland over a long period of time by compiling information on ownership conditions, afforested land and ditching of forest and bog land, based

secondary-forests
The project investigates what forest futures can be built, by whom and how, at the forest frontiers in the Peruvian Amazon, and what the role of forest conservation policies are in this. Background A
Education
The department offers undergraduate courses, at basic and advanced level, in the subjects Environmental science, Landscape architecture, Rural development and Sustainable develoopment. We are

SLU Urban Futures joins the Zoöp of Bauhaus of the Sea Sails Malmö
SLU Urban Futures is now part of a new phase for the Bauhaus of the Seas Sails project and the Sea Forum in Malmö. In this new phase, the members of the Sea Forum will start a new form of