Sustainable cities and communities

The BEAM Research Centre offers expertise on Sustainable Cities and Communities through teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, academic research, and outreach and collaboration with industry.

BEAM's Sustainable Cities and Communities Research Repository documents the outputs of projects where this expertise has been applied, in addition to providing access to the field's key documents.

For enquiries on topics relating to Sustainable Cities and Communities contact Rohinton Emmanuel.

Download our latest reports:

• Report on the first phase of developing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Laying the groundwork and addressing gaps.
• Simple measures to identify and mitigate urban heat island. Options for Dhaka North City Corporation.
• Air quality management in Glasgow avenues.

BEAM innovate4cities

BEAM Centre acted as the regional curator (EK and Europe) of urban innovations in climate change adaptation and mitigation at the October 2021 online meeting of innovate4cities organised by the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) and the IPCC.

Our sessions covered:

• Wetopia for climate solutions
• Cities that connect people and nature
• Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction
• Urban resilience through innovation – climate hackathon
• World Urban Data and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) Global Initiative
• Community resilience to urban climate change
• Heat-proofing European cities.

A playlist of all sessions and virtual tours organized by our team is available online