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Promoting flood protection: setting a target for 10% improved water retention in towns and cities

Iain White By Graham Haughton and Iain White Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Environment Posted: January 18, 2024

Every year flooding affects communities around the UK. The Chartered Institute for Water and Environmental Management recently contended that although there has been expert agreement for many years about reforms, policy change has been slow. In part, this is due to the complex governance system within which flooding occurs. In this article, Professor Graham Haughton […]

Tagged With: climate change, communities, environment, infrastructure, sustainability

Build in haste, repent at leisure? Post-pandemic planning at the precipice

Iain White By Iain White, Graham Haughton and Nuno Pinto Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: May 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions on what shape planning should take post-crisis. Here, Prof Iain White, Prof Graham Haughton, and Dr Nuno Pinto outline how current regulations have exacerbated difficulties for some people in lockdown, discuss how opportunistic developers or politicians may seek to hijack the policy responses, and suggest solutions to ensure […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, environment, housing, housing policy, inclusive growth, infrastructure, local government, MUI, Pandemic, planning, SEED, Social Justice, urban planning

How modelling can become a debate-support tool, not just a decision-support tool

Iain White By Graham Haughton, Nuno Pinto and Iain White Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures Posted: April 21, 2020

As many politicians around the world inform the public of their responses to the coronavirus outbreak, they frequently refer to the science on which their decisions are based. In this blog, Professor Graham Haughton, Dr Nuno Pinto and Professor Iain White explore the changing nature of how modelling tools are forming political and public debate. […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, data, innovation, Local, Pandemic, place-based policy, public health, science, spatial variation, technology

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Learning from the draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework process

By Graham Haughton Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted: September 6, 2017

Graham Haughton, Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Manchester outlines 12 lessons from the recent debates around a new Spatial Framework for Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is a 20 year strategic plan for the city region. The draft GMSF was planned for what should have been an election free […]

Tagged With: Andy Burnham, DevoManc, Greater Manchester Mayoral Election 2017, Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, housing, local housing plans

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Brave New Manchester? The dark side of devolution deals

By Graham Haughton Filed Under: All posts Posted: May 17, 2016

Devolving power to our cities and regions has been heralded as a ‘new era’ and an exciting opportunity for positive change.  Manchester has led the way in England, becoming the first region to take control of its health and social care budget on April 1st.  But, asks Graham Haughton, is there a ‘dark side’ to […]

Tagged With: austerity, cities, Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, Devo, public sector reform

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Is Devo Manc an experiment, a template or a trailblazer?

Stephen HincksIain DeasKevin Ward By Stephen Hincks, Iain Deas, Kevin Ward and Graham Haughton Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted: March 29, 2016

The emergence of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to deliver ‘Devo Manc’ builds on a long history of effective cooperation between ten local authorities.  Not all English cities and regions share such a history. Has Manchester become the template for English sub-national governance, and if so, should we be worried, ask Kevin Ward and […]

Tagged With: DevoManc, GMC, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

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Groundhog Day: Why the Government needs a new approach, to stop failing on flooding

Iain White By Graham Haughton and Iain White Filed Under: All posts Posted: March 16, 2016

The ferocious storms and heavy downpours at the end of 2015 contributed to one of the wettest months in the UK since records began. And with saturated soils and rain still falling in early 2016, the flood risk continues for many parts of the UK. Graham Haughton and Iain White argue that Government flood policy has […]

Tagged With: climate change, Disaster-response cycle, Flood policy, flooding, global warming, planning

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Hebden Bridge – Britain’s second city?

Iain DeasStephen Hincks By Iain Deas, Graham Haughton and Stephen Hincks Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: April 1, 2014

The BBC’s Evan Davis says Britain needs a second ‘super city’ – and this could be Hebden Bridge. Dr Iain Deas, Prof Graham Haughton and Dr Stephen Hincks are sceptical. In his BBC series Mind the Gap: London v the Rest, Evan Davis argued that the UK’s economy is held back because London is our […]

Tagged With: Evan Davis, Hebden Bridge, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, M62, Manchester, Mind the Gap, Newcastle, North European Trade Axis, Northern Way, Pennines, regional policy

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Evan Davis has overlooked role of policy in London’s transformation

Iain DeasStephen Hincks By Iain Deas, Graham Haughton and Stephen Hincks Filed Under: Featured Posted: March 28, 2014

London’s dominant economic role is not an accident of history but rather the result of policy and subsidy, explain Dr Iain Deas, Prof Graham Haughton and Dr Stephen Hincks. BBC presenter Evan Davis argues that government should do more to help large and successful cities prosper. In his recent series, Mind the Gap: London v the Rest – and […]

Tagged With: Evan Davis, Local Enterprise Partnerships, London, Mind the Gap, RDAs, regional development agencies, regional policy

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