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Beyond the ‘sustainable city-region’ – prospects for urban intelligence

Joe Ravetz reviews experience from ‘CURE-1’ (Centre for Urban & Regional Ecology), and the prospects for ‘CURE-2’ – Centre for Urban Resilience & Energy. The text is based on an editorial for the Special Issue on ‘Urban Ecology and Resilience’, Town and Country Planning, October 2013.

Another CURE-led call for papers for 2014 AAG: Energy and the socioecological production of space

Visitors to this blog may be interested in this call for papers for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American … More

David Harvey, Energy, Energy development, Henri Lefebvre, Production of Space, University of Manchester

The rise of the networked ghetto

Continuing our series of guest contributions about energy poverty in the Balkans, Rosalina Babourkova reflects on issues around electricity use … More

Bulgaria, Electricity meter, Energy poverty, Republic of Macedonia, Roma

Research on energy poverty in Greece – update

The EVENT project commenced its programme of activities during July and August. These were undertaken amidst an atmosphere of rising … More

alternative economy, community, cooling, electricity, Energy poverty, fuelwood, Greece, heating, household practices, Thessaloniki

Revamping urban-energy.org

As of today, this site has a new structure – from our initial aim to act as an information vehicle … More

A short report from Brazil: The relevance of energy issues to the recent protests

By Saska Petrova When we planned last month’s research visit to Brazil, Stefan Bouzarovski and I did not intend for it … More

Brazil, Energy, favelas, oil, privatisation, protests

New project: Energy vulnerability and alternative economies in Northern Greece

The 15th of July will see the start of the EVENT project (Energy vulnerability and alternative economies in Northern Greece), … More

alternative economy, austerity, Energy, everyday life, Greece, Poverty

New papers by members of the EVALUATE project team

By Saska Petrova Petrova S, Gentile M, Mäkinen I H, Bouzarovski S, 2013, Perceptions of thermal comfort and housing quality: Exploring the microgeographies of … More

Energy, housing, Low-carbon, thermal comfort

Health and well-being impacts of energy efficiency

By Saska Petrova Followers of this blog may be interested in the presentations and outcomes associated with the Roundtable on … More

energy efficiency, health, IEA

Call for participants – Energy vulnerability seminar in Manchester

By Saska Petrova A very limited number of places are still available for this three-day seminar at the University of … More

Energy, Poverty, Vulnerability

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