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26-27 April, 2017, Met Hotel, Leeds The conference aims to develop the interdisciplinary ‘systems of systems’ approach to sustainable and resilient infrastructure, arising originally from the engineering disciplines, now applied universally and exemplified by HM Treasury’s Valuing Infrastructure Spend. The … Continue reading
An overview of iBUILD-supported studies on City Deals was presented by Dr Peter O’Brien, from the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), at a recent forum in Canberra, Australia, of federal, state and local politicians and officials convened … Continue reading
By Peter O’Brien, Newcastle University There were two key announcements in Chancellor George Osborne’s speech to the Conservative Party conference, in Manchester, on Monday (5th October), which captured the attention of the national press and media. The first, heavily trailed … Continue reading
Peter O’Brien, Newcastle University By midnight on Friday 4 September, 38 groupings of local authorities, cities, city regions and local enterprise partnerships in England had heeded George Osborne’s call to submit proposals to HM Treasury for new ‘Devolution Deals’, which … Continue reading
Report from the Infrastructure Investment in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies Conference Oxford University, 2 July, 2015 Graham Thrower, Doctoral Researcher, iBUILD and CURDS/ GPS, Newcastle University This one day conference, jointly hosted by Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise … Continue reading
By Oliver Heidrich The International Society of Industrial Ecology’s (ISIE) series of biennial conferences was held between the 7th to the 10th of July 2015 at the University of Surrey. The conference was attended by more than 500 delegates that … Continue reading
ICIF and iBUILD are currently working with Infrastructure UK to examine the use of Performance Indicators for Infrastructure. As an output from the first phase of this research, an interim report ‘A Critique of Current Infrastructure Performance Indicators: Towards Best … Continue reading
Chicago, 21st to 25th April, 2015 Graham Thrower, Doctoral Researcher, CURDS/ GPS, Newcastle University The slow, rumbling journey on the Blue Line from O’Hare Airport into the heart of Chicago leaves you in no doubt as to the age … Continue reading
“What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further…” (President ‘Elect’ Barack Obama, January 2009). Last month, Chicago … Continue reading
PhD_advert2015 The iBUILD team at Newcastle University are pleased to announce two funded PhD studentships for 2015. Two of the following projects will be funded; selected based upon the candidates who apply: iBUILD: Evaluation and funding of green infrastructure in … Continue reading
Report on the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 6-9th November 2014 Long Beach, California, USA By Josey Wardle (PhD student, TORG, Newcastle University) Summary The attended the first International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) 2014[1] organised by the American Society … Continue reading
Dr Peter O’Brien and Professor Andy Pike have submitted written evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which is currently holding an inquiry into the future of devolution in the United Kingdom after the Scottish Independence Referendum.
Andy Pike Ten years after the rejection of the elected regional assembly on offer to the North East region of England and in the wake of the Scottish referendum result, the governance of England is once more in flux. Elements … Continue reading
Miles Tight comments on the proposed floating cycleway which is planned to stretch for around seven miles from Battersea, west of the city centre, to Canary Wharf, the financial district to the east of the city centre. In his piece in … Continue reading
Fiona Raje, University of Birmingham I recently went on a study tour to Ireland where I heard about and saw various initiatives and developments aimed at more sustainable futures. One of the site visits was to the new Grangegorman campus … Continue reading