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The yuck factor counteracts sustainable laundry habits

Extreme rainfalls increasingly common with higher temperatures

Extreme amounts of rain are a particularly current topic. In her doctoral thesis, Helga Kristín Ólafsdóttir has investigated how the frequency and intensity of rainstorms change with rising temperatures, among other things.

How we make sense of what matters in urban planning

Stefan Molnar’s doctoral thesis examines the role of values and the act of valuing in the development of urban environments such as streets, squares, parks, and neighborhoods. The politicians, architects, property owners, private persons, and others involved in developing these spaces aim to achieve various kinds of "values," such as profitability, beauty, biodiversity, safety, attractiveness, and inclusion. The thesis studies how these actors practically assess and articulate what is of value and how this, in turn, may affect the outcome.

New research can reduce traffic congestion

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology are developing a new model that has the potential to improve how we optimize traffic flows in the future. The research is interdisciplinary and carried out at the intersection of transportation science, mathematics, and chemistry.

Chalmers' overarching research areas in urban and regional environments

Water

Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.

Water

Infrastructure and urban planning

The world’s population is constantly increasing. We need new, intelligent urban planning that creates safe, affordable and sustainable cities with green and culturally inspiring living conditions. That demands a resilient and safe infrastructure for people, water and energy that can face climate hazards and an increasing population.

Infrastructure and urban planning for inclusive, safe and sustainable cities

Broken road due to land slide — Photo: Colin Lloyd via Unsplash

Land use and construction on and below ground

Our research focus on climate adaptation, as well as planning and building for climate change, reducing the risk of natural disasters such as floods and landslides. It also deals with natural resources, resource flows, land use, material extraction and sustainable ecosystems.

Land use and construction on and below ground

Rusty metal pipes on a junkyard — Photo: Engin Akyrut via Unsplash

Materials and circular economy

Our research address the unsustainable use of natural resources, which supports human well-being but also depletes nonrenewable resources, damages ecosystems, and generates waste and emissions contributing to climate change

Materials and circular economy

Solar panels — Photo: Markus Spiske via Unsplash

Long-term decision-making processes and system transformations

Long-term decision-making processes and system transformation aim to create sustainable and resilient societies by developing frameworks, methods, tools, and technologies for transition, with an emphasis on integrated societal planning in energy, transportation, and construction at various levels

Long-term decision-making processes and system transformations