PhD Project: Urban forest, urban form and anthropogenic emissions in Europe

PhD candidate: Marlène BouraSupervision: Geoffrey CarusoDuration: 2017-2021 In the context of population growth and urbanisation, associated with an increase of GHG concentration in the atmosphere, the impact of human activities on climate change is ever increasing. Simultaneously, the pressure on natural ecosystems especially within and around cities becomes harder. We contend that these natural ecosystems

Launch of SCALE-IT-UP Project

Scaling of the Environmental Impacts of Transport and Urban Patterns The SCALE-IT-UP project, funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) under the CORE scheme, will investigate the role of city size, measured in terms of population and artificial land use, on a set of environmental and economic attributes. Re-scaling cities to control for variation in