#LockdownClimateChange: Sustainable city designs benefit everyone
01 May 2020
Professor Tim Dixon, Professor of Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment, University of Reading, said:
“The coronavirus lockdown has shown us the true value of things we previously may have taken for granted, such as open green space to exercise, high-quality homes for all, and broadband infrastructure.
“Those things are valuable to us now because they provide benefits to the whole of society. We must ensure that we continue to value community assets as we plan, design and create new visions for the towns and cities of the future. This means thinking long term and planning to retrofit our towns and cities at scale locally in places such as Reading, and nationally as well.”