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Centre for Sustainable Development

Est 2000 - home of the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
 
Read more at: New Research Project announced

New Research Project announced

4 January 2021

Dick Fenner and Andre Serrenho have secured funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme as part of a large consortium including colleagues in Land Economy.


Read more at: Award for Blue Green Cities research
Award for Blue Green Cities research

Award for Blue Green Cities research

14 June 2020

Dick Fenner and Malcolm Morgan have been awarded the Robert Alfred Carr Prize for their paper entitled: Spatial evaluation of the multiple benefits of sustainable drainage systems.


Read more at: Widening Horizons update published
Widening Horizons update published

Widening Horizons update published

12 February 2020

Dick Fenner and Charles Ainger have recently updated their 2006 paper (co-authored with Peter Guthrie and Heather Cruickshank) "Widening engineering horizons: addressing the complexity of sustainable development" to examine how much progress towards sustainability the civil engineering profession has made in each of the eight key areas defined in the original paper.


Read more at: Perspectives on Urban Flood Resilience - Blog
Perspectives on Urban Flood Resilience - Blog

Perspectives on Urban Flood Resilience - Blog

12 February 2020

Dick Fenner has compiled and edited a special themed edition of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions A Journal on urban flood resilience, published in February 2020.


Read more at: Prof Fenner paper wins award
Prof Fenner paper wins award

Prof Fenner paper wins award

13 November 2019

Professor Dick Fenner and his co-authors Dr Lan Hoag (IBM) and Maggie Skandarian (Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, USA) have been highly commended in the Outstanding Paper Award by the Journal of Flood Risk Management.


Read more at: Doctoral Researcher Attends Royal Academy of Engineering Workshop
Doctoral Researcher Attends Royal Academy of Engineering Workshop

Doctoral Researcher Attends Royal Academy of Engineering Workshop

24 July 2019

From the 28th – 31st May, FIBE doctoral researcher Francesca O'Hanlon attended the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposium. The theme of the symposium was ‘WASHing Away Inequalities’.


Read more at: ESD supports ISA Lab workshop in Valencia
ESD supports ISA Lab workshop in Valencia

ESD supports ISA Lab workshop in Valencia

5 July 2019

Dr Dai Morgan supported the 3rd ISA Lab workshop, hosted by Universitat Politècnica de València


Read more at: Dr Tim Forman shares insights with industry in practitioner forums
Dr Tim Forman shares insights with industry in practitioner forums

Dr Tim Forman shares insights with industry in practitioner forums

5 July 2019

Dr Tim Forman has been sharing insights on sustainability in the built environment in practitioner forums.


Read more at: University Lectureships in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development
University Lectureships in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development

University Lectureships in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development

28 June 2019

New lectureships in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development announced


Read more at: New Book from Jeremy Purseglove
New Book from Jeremy Purseglove

New Book from Jeremy Purseglove

28 June 2019

Jeremy Purseglove's new book, Working with Nature, has now been published


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New blog article by Dr Edoardo Borgomeo - Rethinking irrigation in a water-scarce world

27 March 2025

Dr Edoardo Borgomeo's recent blog article, Rethinking irrigation in a water-scarce world , discusses the complexities associated with maximising water use efficiency in agriculture. Written with Claudia Sadoff, this article is currently featured in Economist Impact.