UrbanBuzz

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UrbanBuzz: Building Sustainable Communities is a 2 year programme that aims to develop new ways of delivering genuinely sustainable forms of development and community in London and the wider Southeast region.
In spite of policy and best intentions, there is little confidence that today's developments will form thriving and vital sustainable communities. The problem is not a lack of policy, will or knowledge, but a lack of coordination. There seems to be a lack of the right knowledge in the right places to inform development. Both the urban supply network and the research base are fragmented along disciplinary and organisational lines, and this stands in the way of developing sustainable communities.

We recognise that knowledge is transferred by people, working together to solve problems. This programme will fund cooperation to help make sure it happens. It will create a network of professionals and practitioners at every major link in the supply chain and integrate these people - innovation fellows - with leading edge academics - the business fellows. They will work together to identify and work on live development projects. Here they will bring evidence-based and participative processes and new knowledge to develop sustainable communities. By working together to solve shared problems on projects not only will academic disciplinary divisions be bridged, but so too will organisational fragmentation in the urban supply network. Ultimately successful networks and projects will build belief that sustainable communities are possible.

University College London (UCL) and University of East London (UEL) are the co-originators and facilitators of UrbanBuzz.

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