Building sustainable cities and communities through UC research

The impact of shared transport on two different Christchurch communities could determine transport goals for New Zealand.

Professor of Human Geography Simon Kingham says slowing traffic down has further benefits to reducing crash-related deaths and injuries on The Conversation.

Climate change expert Professor Bronwyn Hayward comments on the latest IPCC report on The Conversation.

A partnership between the University of Canterbury (UC) and Christchurch City Council is leading the world in understanding and adapting to risk from climate change.

Canterbury engineers are moving forward with plans to manufacture a new base isolation system that will make Kiwi houses safer in an earthquake.

Canterbury researchers are building models to give more accurate predictions of where large wildfires could spread as they burn.

Canterbury researchers and students have mapped 140,000 landslides triggered by Cyclone Gabrielle in a bid to create models for future weather events.  

In a new article on The Conversation, University of Canterbury Dr Tom Logan looks at how urban areas can become more accessible to improve our health, sustainability and communities.