Mistra Urban Futures — centre for sustainable urban development
The knowledge and experience that are essential to understanding, improving and communicating urban development processes are brought together at Mistra Urban Futures. The unique feature of the center is its capacity to deal with different disciplines and areas of knowledge by combining research and practice.
The future is urban
Professor Lars Reuterswärd is director of Mistra Urban Futures and vice president at Chalmers University of Technology, with a deep interest in the design and development of the cities of the future.
- New knowledge must be produced in collaboration between all actors. Mistra Urban Futures has an important function as arena, locally and globally. Sustainable cities can only be created through cooperation and new ideas, says Lars Reuterswärd in a recent blog entry. (Framtiden är urban
– in Swedish)
Annual Report 2012
Read about why cities are the answer and much more in Mistra Urban Futures Annual Report 2012.
(pdf, 4 MB)
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2013-05-16
International collaboration to understand climate change risks and responses in African cities
Some 35 specialists in African urba climate change from across the African continent and beyond came... -
2013-04-30
Africa Urban Infrastructure Summit, Cape Town, 22 and 23 April 2013
On the 22 and 23 April 2013, several members of the Cape Town platform attended the inaugural Africa...
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Mistra Urban Futures Annual Report 2012 (pdf, 4 MB)
Mistra Urban Futures Annual Report 2011 (pdf, 4.6 MB)
Mistra Urban Futures Annual Report 2010 (pdf, 15 MB)
Folder - About the Center - FAIR, GREEN, DENSE Cities (pdf, 332 kB)
The Göteborg Region Association of Local Authorities (GR)
City of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
The County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland
Region Västra Götaland
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Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration
Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning