Research challenges

Changing Environments and Infrastructure

Challenge

Against a backdrop of population growth, migration and urbanisation our work in Changing Environments and Infrastructure tackles the challenges to global economies and ecosystems presented by climate, land use and hydrological change.

To address challenges such as the growing scarcity of water resources, environmental pollution, and the repercussions of climate change, including the risks posed by natural hazards, requires scientific understanding of the underlying environmental processes, but also of how change impacts the built infrastructure and its operation, which supports the health and well-being of people, societies and economies.

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