GCHU: Urban Form, Nature and Health: Can We Measure Cities’ Habitability in a Climate Crisis?

This interdisciplinary seminar brings together researchers and practitioners to explore how urban form, environmental systems and governance choices shape the long-term habitability of cities. The event examines strategic planning, spatial configuration and urban processes from international perspectives, with particular attention to the Global South, especially Brazil. By integrating discussions on urban morphology, climate exposure, urban nature and public health, the seminar seeks to advance methodological and practical approaches to measuring urban habitability in the context of accelerating climate change.

The seminar proposes reflection on how spatial and environmental evidence can be translated into decision-making tools, public policies and urban codes capable of addressing territorial inequalities and growing climate risks.

Speakers:

• Dr Karol Carminatti Baumgärtner, GCHU Visiting Global Research Associate, UNIFEBE & FURB, Brazil
• Dr Ariadne Daher, Jaime Lerner Institute, Brazil
• Oscar McDonald, Space Syntax
• Dr Karl Kropf, Oxford Brookes University

Thursday 26th February 2026, 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

This event is free to attend and does not require registration.

Please note this is a hybrid event and will be recorded. If you would like to attend the event online, please use the joining link via Zoom.

Open to: General Public,