Smart cities: how do the UK and South Korea compare?
South Korea is betting big on smart cities, and it’s showing up in the unlikeliest of places.
It’s time to seize a new wave of innovation to solve city challenges
Last night my cousin Polly and I cooked up a brilliant (we think) idea for London to eradicate single use coffee cups (Khan’s Cups!). We are not successful innovators, nor likely to be. But she and I are both dyed-in-the-wool …
Why we need business model innovation in cities
Innovate UK started its work on Urban Living around 5 years ago. We spoke to a lot of cities in the UK and abroad and asked them what success looked like. They all said pretty much the same thing: sustainable …
Harnessing urban wind power: innovative building-integrated technology
Urbanisation is one of the defining challenges of our times. With nearly 70 percent of the world’s population likely to live in cities by 2030, the quality of life experienced by the urban population will determine the global future.
How could UK cities work better in the future?
Challenges to the sustainable development of our world We only have 5 years left at current emission levels if we want a 66% chance of keeping global temperature rise within 1.5ºC. Existing national plans and pledges are nowhere near enough …
Connected cities – seeking new opportunities for global partnership
I arrived in India after an exciting few days at the Innovate 2016 event in Manchester, co-hosted by Innovate UK and the Department for International Trade. Cities of the future were an important theme of the event, showcasing UK innovation. …
Shaping Newcastle into a smart city
Major cities around the globe are currently struggling to cope with the need to: improve infrastructure deliver public services cope with changing demographics At the same time, it is widely recognised that cities can be the engines of future economic …
Urban Living - a major collaboration with the research councils
You may be aware of the Higher Education and Research bill currently making its way through Parliament. This (amongst other things) looks to implement the recommendations made by Paul Nurse in his review of the research and innovation landscape. For …
Growing the market for urban solutions
City focus Most of us either live in, work in, or visit cities regularly. They are engines of growth and by 2050, are expected to be home to 70% of the worlds population. With such rapid population growth, our cities …
Videos of Urban Living innovation
Our Urban Living team has been funding and supporting the creation of smart and future cities throughout the UK. As urbanisation increases, it is clear that UK cities need to innovate and work together to create more sustainable, better connected, more secure, healthier, …