Education, Research and Professional Development
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The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is a new initiative within University College London to develop emerging computer technologies in several disciplines which deal with geography, space, location and the built environment. Of particular interest is the the GeoVUE PROJECT RAMPS UP which aims to push GIS into urban design. |  |
Centre for Education in the Built Environment includes details about conferences, software, the online version of the journal Habitat and links to other Learning and Teaching Support Network sites. |  |
Centre for Environment and Planning (CEP). Over recent years there has been significant growth in the work carried out within the Centre regarding the contribution that spatial planning and urban design can make to sustainability in new urban development. |
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Centre for Research and the Built Environment (CRiBE) aims to add value to the built environment by improving building performance and the quality and sustainability of physical assets within the built environment. | |
| The Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) incorporates the three existing urban research centres at the University of Newcastle's School of Architecture Planning and Landscape: CARDO, CREUE and CUT. |  |
| The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote best practice standards in environmental management, auditing and assessment. With over 10,000 individual and corporate members, the IEMA is now a leading international membership-based organisation dedicated to the promotion of sustainable development, and to the professional development of individuals involved in the environmental profession |  |
| Manualforstreets.org.uk The purpose of the Manual for Streets is to consolidate the necessary components for effective street design into a single integrated source of information and guidance that will facilitate professional communication and understanding. | |
| The Space Syntax Laboratory at The Bartlett, University College London (UCL). Space syntax is a set of techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations of all kinds, especially where spatial configuration seems to be a significant aspect of human affairs, as it is in buildings and cities. |  |
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Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) work in a broad range of fields covering regeneration and neighbourhood renewal, city and regional thinking, and territorial knowledge, science and technology. |  |
| Urban Morphology Research Group gives information about the group, UMRG events, research interests, links to other relevant sites, UMRG Newsletter, group members and access to their mailing list. |  |
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Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University News, events, socials - essential reading for all JCUD students |  |
| The Prince's Foundation |  |
