New-builds and the climate emergency
11 February 2020
A letter by Clare Melhuish on the environmental impact of new-build developments has been published in The Guardian.
![Bobae Lee, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Gyeongju City](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/sites/urban_lab/files/styles/large_image/public/gyeongju_city_bobae_lee_800x500.jpg?itok=PlFH6xvw)
Dr Clare Melhuish (Director, UCL Urban Laboratory) has penned a letter in response to an article published in The Guardian, arguing that many new-builds are not just a blight on our cityscapes, but that they are also a major contributor to the climate crisis.
Image: Development in Gyeongju City, Republic of Korea. Credit: Bobae Lee