As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
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As traffic slows down, research is gathering momentum.
House prices in London fell by 0.6% in June after years of high growth.
Uncontrolled growth at the expense of the environment will severely exacerbate the impacts of climate change. As shown with tragic floods in India, our cities are not prepared for extreme events.
The policing of black British culture has a long history.
From the early 1980s, local governments in the UK began renaming streets, housing estates and community centres after Mandela as an act of protest.
An expert crunches the numbers to reveal just how bleak Britain’s bus crisis has become.
London doesn’t meet the criteria for a national park – not even close. Calling it that could undermine the label itself.
A Heathrow expansion is going to benefit the rich and hurt the poor.
Research shows if Australia encourages greenery on buildings, it will reduce temperatures in the city, as well as potential for flash flooding. It also creates new habitats and socialising spaces.
Getting rid of this scourge is nothing to be sneezed at.
London’s super rich are building thousands of subterranean palaces.
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans.
When big data is used for police profiling and surveillance, it puts human rights on the line.
TfL’s money troubles worsen, as passenger numbers fall for the first time in two decades.
From Dundee to Dublin, horror spectaculars are springing up like zombies from the dead.
Voting is all over the place in 2018. But Labour is the party with most to think about after this result.
While Islamophobic acts in Paris mainly take place in public institutions, in London they’re mainly on the street or on public transport.
The British government is not facing up to the serious challenges it faces.
There have been more than 50 murders in London already in 2018, and more in February and March than in New York.
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Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance, UCL
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Associate Professor in North American History, University of Birmingham
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Professor In Criminology, University of Staffordshire
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow
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Professor in Public Policy, De Montfort University
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Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
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