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Lessons from Australia: Creating liveability

In a recent report on liveability, Australian cities made up four of the top ten. ...

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The new world of evidence-based practice

As funds are scarce, competition great, and the role of government a topic of hot ...

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What the Olympics tell us about inequality

Cameron only needs look as far as his old school Eton to understand why the ...

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Community infrastructure bonds: a solution for challenging times?

How do you get investment in infrastructure when the economy’s nosediving? You stop pursuing old ...

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Institutional muck makes for cloudy waters

More than ever, we need strong, articulate leadership. We need someone who understands the difference ...

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Council supply chains can help small business

For procurement to be more effectively linked to economic development, local authorities should be looking ...

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Want to see the real economic picture? Take your boom goggles off

when we take the boom goggles off, what do we see? We see disadvantages, which ...

Built Environment Economic Development

It may be sustainable, but is it resilient?

The term 'sustainability' has become a tag added often unthinkingly to guarantee the validity of ...

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A history lesson in the future prosperity of our cities

The biggest lesson from the last century is this: the government needs to invest in ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Changing the debate on welfare reform

It’s important to try to re-set the terms of the somewhat uninspiring debate that is ...