Sustainable development Archives

How do we create and steward sustainable cities for the future?

Posted June 16, 2024June 16, 2024 createstreets@Posted in Sustainable development

Nicholas Boys Smith summarises some high level points for creating and stewarding prosperous and sustainable places into the future I was recently invited by my good friend Carlos Moreno to talk about sustainable cities at a conference (the Redefining the Future Conference) in a rather sultry summer Athens. No slides. Only a few minutes. Not […]

It’s time for Britain to become a nation of townbuilders

Posted June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Create StreetsPosted in Planning, land, and housing policy, Sustainable development

Labour has often repeated its ambitions to build a generation of New Towns to deliver 1.5 million new homes. What might have escaped most people’s attention, however, was what these towns might actually be and look like. After all, there is a big difference between successful historic extensions to cities, such as Edinburgh’s New Town […]