Housing: demographic and environmental trends
How can the housing be adapted to an ageing population and to meet the challenge of climate change?

This POSTnote sets out the current approaches to managing urban drainage and examines proposals for improving them. Urban flooding, July 2007. POSTnote 07/289.
Urban flooding, July 2007 (116 KB , PDF)
Urban flooding, July 2007 (116 KB , PDF)
How can the housing be adapted to an ageing population and to meet the challenge of climate change?
New ways to control atom-sized objects have led to potentially transformative technologies like quantum computing. What are the benefits of these new quantum technologies, and what are the risks?
Research has linked wearable devices with the prevention, detection and mitigation of disease. What are the public health benefits and what are the risks?