wellbeing
From ice on the allotment to the first tulip, it’s been a packed start to 2026, and given I can’t rely on telepathy to communicate what both myself and Urban Habitats have been working on… here’s a round‑up of the past few months.
Read more “Flash in the Pan Jan → Full‑Tilt Feb → Making Moves March!”
healthy places
A new report calls for urgent action to embed health and equity in the future development of Greater Cambridge.
Read more “Healthy Greater Cambridge: Healthy placemaking for equity, planet, and people”
ULI Health Leaders
This year our founder and director, Mark Drane, has been selected to participate in the ULI Health Leaders Network. Cohort 8 which he is part of is made up of 28 emerging and established leaders from diverse fields including real estate development, planning, design, engineering, finance, law, community engagement, and public health. The programme includes a series of activities through the year and in this blog Mark consolidates and shares some of his learning and thinking from the Introductory Forum which was in Miami, Florida.
Read more “Reflections on ULI Health Leaders Introductory Forum, Miami”
wellbeing
Urban Habitats has been appointed by The Cambridge Room to support creation of a vision for healthy placemaking in Greater Cambridge.
Read more “Healthy placemaking across Greater Cambridge”
health impact assessment
Today at Healthy City Design International Congress 2023 new evidence is presented on how to ensure human health is baked into climate adaptation plans. The work results from a year-long collaborative project between Urban Habitats and Public Health Wales. Health Impact Assessment for Climate Adaptation: Examples from Practice is now available to download (link below).
Read more “new resource | health in climate adaptation”
codesign
A collaborative research partnership project has launched to explore Making Space for Nature with the children of Ysgol Pen Rhos in Llanelli, Wales.
Read more “Making Space for Nature”
learning
Morganna Davies is a graduate with a Masters of Science in the field of Climate Change from the renowned Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex which is ranked #1 globally for development studies. Here she reflects on a paid internship with Urban Habitats.
Read more “Reflections on a paid internship“
planetary health
Animal Geography is an extension of geography and human-animal studies which looks at the complexities involved in the intertwining and reciprocal relations between humans and animals. The field has a focus on what happens where natural environments and human communities overlap.
Read more “zoopolis | valuing animal geographies to create nature-based solutions in urban spaces?“
health impact assessment
This newly released assessment from Public Health Wales provides a novel look at circular economy approaches and their impact on health and well-being.
Read more “Healthy doughnuts!”
active places