Environmentally sustainable cities are healthy and
productive places.
The themes of CAUL Hub research include air quality, urban greening,
transport futures and urban biodiversity.
Do you know which threatened species live in your city? Check out
this map to find out!
Research from the CAUL Hub covers many
aspects of cities. Watch Professor Peter Rayner talk
about the importance of taking an integrated approach to urban research.
The Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub is a consortium of researchers
from four partner institutions: The University of Melbourne, RMIT
University the University of Western Australia and the University of
Wollongong.
Australia's cities are Indigenous places.
Watch a video describing the importance of Indigenous Australian perspectives to
urban environments.
News
At COP23 – the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, the CAUL Hub's clean air projects were presented,
in relation to Breathelife – a campaign to mobilize cities and individuals to protect their
health and planet from the effects of air pollution. More information
here.
Co-chair of the CAUL Hub's Indigenous Advisory Group (IAG) Maddison Miller, has been
selected to participate in the inaugural Joan
Kirner Young and Emerging Leadership program.
CAUL researchers have contributed to the report "Creating Liveable Cities
in Australia", which provides the first comprehensive measurement of liveability in
Australian cities.
Research from the CAUL Hub has been used to create an Australian first virtual greening app
called Plant Life Balance. Find out more
here.
The CAUL Hub has released a web application for showing which threatened species live in
which Australian urban areas. You can access the application here.
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