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Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Let’s talk about value rather than cost

So, the logic of removing assets and resources that are perceived to no longer work ...

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Values and behaviours

Policy on its own will not change the world. It is not sufficient, and perhaps ...

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Acuity

Maybe places that work are about pathways. For the pathways to work, there needs to ...

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Staccato spaces

If cities matter, they matter because people are there. If people are there, they are ...

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Getting to the heart of better places

Housing on its own doesn’t make a place. Place provides a framework for how we ...

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Rethinking the institutions of place

This is no lament to re-create the institutional dominance of the church, nor the separating ...

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Open minds

Our urban places are being challenged in terms of their potential for growth and equality. ...

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Love letters to place

What is the purpose of places? For some, the purpose of places is all about ...

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The presence of absence

Sometimes, in some places, there actually seems to be nothing to do. Why, and what ...

Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Decision-makers need to give a damn about design

I have a colleague who says his job is to work with local authorities to ...