Urban Environment Research

Themes

• Health, Wellbeing and Education
• Engineering, Technology and Environment

Summary

Within the Urban Environment Research Group, we are working at the cutting edge of urban biodiversity and ecology, focusing on the interactions between people and nature in our towns and cities.

From the smallest green patches to the larges of our urban parks there are opportunities for life to flourish and with this life comes a vast array of benefits to the human populations living in our towns and cities. We are seeking to maximise the potential to offer habitats to as wide a range of species as possible and at the same time maximising the benefits in terms of ecosystems services these species can bring to us. These benefits include, flood mitigation, pollution capture, experiences of nature and the associated wellbeing benefits brought about by the sights and sounds of nature. 

We are striving to develop practical, solutions and management recommendations which can easily be implemented into our neighbourhoods and future designs; improving our environments for both people and wildlife. We are generating new evidence informing future policy and best practice for the implementation of green infrastructure, revitalisation of green spaces, and creating healthy cities.​