Please join Nature Nurture’s Director, Natalie Ganpatsingh, who will share her insights into how we can ensure people and nature connect and flourish in our cities in a lecture: ‘Nature & People in…Read More >
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reading 2050 : a vision for future urban living
What will
How we’ll sit less and move more in reading , 2050
Most of us now live in cities, leading sedentary lifestyles. Dr William Bird, CEO of Intelligent Health, who is presenting the next
Future housing and population change in reading
How did reading get so prosperous – and how can smart town planning keep it that way?
Professor Kathy Pain explores how the town once famed for ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ became a hub for high tech industry and explains how smarter town planning could secure its…Read More >
Warmer winters, drier summers: how will reading handle climate change?
A changing climate is expected to mean more extreme weather events such as intense rainfall and floods, heat waves and droughts – and these impacts are expected to increase over…Read More >
Smart City Cluster in the Thames Valley – How can smart city thinking make a difference in reading and other parts of the Thames Valley?
Rob McDonald, Director of Smart Infrastructure at Peter Brett Associates will deliver the next
Beyond COVID-19 – the importance of ‘urban futures’ thinking for our towns and cities
In many ways the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some valuable lessons about how we can do things differently in our towns and cities: homeworking, active mobility such as walking…Read More >
Urban rooms: where people get to design their city’s future
Universities can play an important role in helping local people to understand and influence the long term future of their city. As
From veterinary tools to video games – the MERL redevelopment two years on
Director of the Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Kate Arnold-Forster, reflects on a recent overhaul to transform a niche-interest collection of farming objects to a museum for all,…Read More >