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Mapping the divide: Learning from the landscape of local economic performance

By Cecilia Wong and Helen Zheng Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, Levelling up Posted: October 12, 2023

Inequality can be sliced many ways. A key aspect of the UK’s picture on inequality falls starkly along spatial lines of geography. So how can mapping spatial differences make policymaking more effective and targeted? In this article, from our Power in Place publication, Professor Cecilia Wong and Dr Wei Zheng discuss the importance of spatial […]

Tagged With: #PowerinPlace, british politics, Business Energy & Industry, communities, devolution, digital, Digital Divide, economy, inclusive growth, inequalities, infrastructure, labour market, Levelling Up, local government, MUI, productivity, SEED

We all age differently: approaches to understand the diverse lives of older people

By Amy Barron Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Health and Social Care Posted: June 12, 2023

There’s no one kind of ‘older person’, and often, describing them as such overlooks the enormous diversity of this group. Policymakers and service providers have typically relied on one-size-fits-all approaches, which are not always appropriate for diverse populations within the umbrella of ‘older people’. Here, Dr Amy Barron outlines a new toolkit for policymakers to […]

Tagged With: care quality, communities, diversity, Health & Social Care, local government, micra, MUI, older people, SEED, urban

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Urban greening and meaningful places

Ian Mell By Ian Mell Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Urban Posted: March 10, 2022

Green infrastructure provides multi-functional benefits to society in terms of health and wellbeing, biodiversity protection, climate change mitigation and economic growth. In this blog, Dr Ian Mell outlines policy recommendations to effectively integrate green infrastructure in urban areas to create greener, more resilient and meaningful places.   Considerations of access to green or blue spaces […]

Tagged With: #BuildingUtopia, environment, MUI, SEED, sustainability, urban

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How to build healthy cities

James EvansDavid ToppingSheena CruickshankJamie Anderson By James Evans, Luke Munford, David Topping, Sheena Cruickshank and Jamie Anderson Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: January 31, 2022

Cities are key places. Changing the way we plan and develop cities will be essential to meet our net zero targets as well as improve the health and lives of people in urban areas. In this blog, Professor James Evans, Dr Luke Munford, Professor David Topping, Professor Sheena Cruickshank and Dr Jamie Anderson explore the […]

Tagged With: #BuildingUtopia, air quality, climate change, environment, Lydia Becker Institute, MERI, micra, MUI, public health, SEED, urban, wellbeing

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Incorporating health and wellbeing into housing developments

Caglar Koksal By Caglar Koksal Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: January 27, 2022

Despite the health, social and environmental benefits of high-quality housing developments, delivering healthy and sustainable homes and neighbourhoods remains a challenging task. In this blog, Caglar Koksal outlines how housing developers and local authorities can work together to create healthy, high-quality homes while also addressing long-standing health and housing inequalities. High-quality developments deliver positive public […]

Tagged With: #BuildingUtopia, Health inequalities, housing, inequalities, MUI, SEED, urban, wellbeing

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How the digital healthcare revolution leaves the most vulnerable behind

Arpana VermaClaudia PagliariOmer AliElizabeth Dalgarno By Arpana Verma, Claudia Pagliari, Omer Ali and Elizabeth Dalgarno Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care Posted: January 20, 2022

Digital technology in healthcare was vital during the COVID-19 pandemic to make sure that people maintained access to health services when they were not available in-person. However, the move to digital healthcare disadvantaged some patients and placed them at risk of greater inequality and vulnerability. Here, Dr Omer Ali, Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno, Dr Claudia Pagliari […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, 2022 Top 5, Ashton Institute, digital, Digital Divide, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, MERI, micra, MUI, SoSS

Decarbonising transport: Inequality, joined-up action, and the risk of technological optimism

By Cristina Temenos and Joe Blakey Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Renewables, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: August 5, 2021

The Department for Transport (DfT) recently released their long-awaited Decarbonising Transport plan. In this blog, Dr Cristina Temenos and Dr Joe Blakey outline how its technologically-optimistic vision risks locking in high-carbon futures, overlooking transport inequalities, and opportunities for joined-up thinking and the precautionary principle. DfT’s Decarbonising Transport Plan makes some welcome proposals, but it is […]

Tagged With: carbon reduction, climate change, consumption, energy, environment, Levelling Up, local government, MERI, MUI, net zero, SEED, sustainability, transport

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Mobility transitions: COVID-19 and building back better post-carbon transport futures

By Cristina Temenos Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment Posted: November 5, 2020

In the days and weeks following the global lockdowns due to COVID-19, reports emerged on plunging carbon emissions and better air quality. The hashtag #BuildBackBetter quickly emerged as communities and governments started thinking about how to reconfigure essential travel infrastructure in a rapidly changing world. But as lockdown restrictions have eased, to varying levels, emissions […]

Tagged With: carbon emissions, carbon reduction, climate change, COVID-19, economy, energy, environment, inequalities, inequality, infrastructure, MUI, net zero, Pandemic, SEED, sustainability, technology, transport

Building back better: rethinking urban futures with children and young people

By Deborah Ralls Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Education, Inclusive Growth Posted: October 27, 2020

The global pandemic of 2020 has had a huge impact on the lives of millions of citizens around the world, with research showing that children and young people (CYP) have been the most severely affected. Here in the UK and beyond, governments and policymakers are expressing their determination to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19, while […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Cohesion and integration, COVID-19, democracy, economy, education, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, local government, MIE, MUI, Pandemic, schools, SEED, students

COVID-19 and the future of urban mobility

By Michael Hodson and Andrew McMeekin Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: June 12, 2020

COVID-19 has comprehensively disrupted urban mobility systems. Public transport authorities are running skeleton services, while streets are less congested. In the midst of lockdown conditions, urban mobility systems look unrecognisable. Here, Dr Mike Hodson and Professor Andrew McMeekin reflect on how different areas have responded to the lockdown, and discuss key considerations that will shape […]

Tagged With: #active travel, AMBS, cities, COVID-19, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, Levelling Up, MUI, Pandemic, public transport, SCI, sustainability, transport

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