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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

Expert reaction – Environmental Audit Committee report

Claire Hoolohan By Claire Hoolohan Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: July 30, 2018

The Environmental Audit Committee launched its report on heat-related deaths and included a series of recommendations for the Government. Dr Claire Hoolohan Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, considers how suitable recommendations in this report around water use are, and what additions she’d like to see. Claire’s current project, working with […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, Cities and Environment, Clean water, climate change, consumption, devohealth, Digital Futures, energy, environment, Health & Social Care, house building, Tyndall, urban planning, water use

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Could Greater Manchester’s plans for transport be bolder?

By Andrew McMeekin and Michael Hodson Filed Under: Devo, Urban Posted: May 18, 2017

Greater Manchester’s Transport Strategy 2040 was published in February 2017. Led by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), the Strategy aims to direct the long-term shape of Greater Manchester’s transport system to 2040.  With a new mayor and devolution, there is an opportunity to be bolder, to make the most of this opportunity, say Mike Hodson and […]

Tagged With: inclusive growth, productivity, Sustainable Consumption Institute, transport policy, urban planning

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