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Celeb-regeneration? Get me out of here

Any attempt to tackle deprivation and create better places should be focused on harnessing and ...

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What is the role of the state in regeneration?

The debate about the role of central government in reviving deprived places is stuck. The ...

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My old house – a snapshot of the post-regeneration landscape

John Houghton revisits the problem of empty homes and calls for imaginative local solutions as ...

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Book review: Public Policy in the Community

In this new political context, Taylor’s book becomes even more important. Her central thesis is ...

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Social policy and social media

There will always be a need for specialist social policy journalists. And if we value ...

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We need to talk about conflict

We need to get better at recognising, naming and dealing with tension, especially over the ...

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The end of regeneration is just the beginning

If policy-makers and practitioners cling on to the old model in the vain hope of ...

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Reflecting on the riots

To understand if the events of the past few days were a freakish outburst or ...

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Jacobs crackers

The question isn’t how to reform Jane Jacobs’ principles: it’s how to realise them.

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Empty homes – empty tomorrows

If we don’t get much smarter at re-using and recycling our existing urban infrastructure then ...