Edinburgh Strategic Alliance (ESA) in Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

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Edinburgh Strategic Alliance (ESA) is a joint research endeavour between the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh and the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University.

Members engage collaboratively with questions of architecture, planning and the city at multiple scales and in a range of innovative ways. Its work is recognised internationally and engages with diverse audiences – from academia to industry.

Together, members investigate the social, economic and political factors which shape the world and the impact that the built and natural environments have on human health, wellbeing and resilience, human ability to understand the past and to plan sustainable futures.

The Alliance maximizes research synergies and impacts across four key themes:

• Healthy and inclusive cities: ESA research connects human wellbeing with the quality of built and natural environments via research teams that seek to make cities more inclusive, safe and healthy.

• Sustainable cities: ESA research explores and improves sustainable patterns of living for people in urban communities, including in the Global South with a focus on Latin America and South Asia. ESA teams carry out research projects spanning from land use risk management to healthy buildings.

• Urban history and heritage: Research into urban history and heritage enriches architectural-historical debates through transnational, postcolonial and inclusive frameworks and projects.

• Urban design and creative practice: Research in urban design and creative practice advances resilient infrastructures, promotes inclusive and sustainable processes, fosters innovation and aims to make cities, human settlements and their landscapes inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

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University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL