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Place and Spatial Inequality Articles from IPPO

  1. The Future of the City Centre: what are the issues?

    The Future of the City Centre: what are the issues?

    November 9, 2022

    Ahead of our joint event with the Future of City Centres Network, Robert Rogerson (Institute for Future Cities, University of Strathclyde), and Bob Giddings (Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University), set out an agenda for discussion. Robert Rogerson and Bob Giddings Listen to local and national politicians across the world, and the term ‘crisis’ appears frequently in their narratives about the city centre or downtown. By any of the traditional measures deployed to assess the success of the urban core – footfall, rental income, lease uptake, occupancy rates, business turnover...

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  2. Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?

    Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?

    August 31, 2022

    In advance of our hybrid event in Manchester on Young people’s urban futures: what is insecure work like and what can cities do? on Thursday, 8th September at 4 pm BST, Fiona Christie of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre discusses findings from her research projects about young people and work.  The two projects were based in Greater Manchester in the UK and discuss what the extraordinary shock of Covid-19 meant for young people’s lives.  They set out what can be learnt from this unique period for future social...

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  3. Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    May 30, 2022

    In advance of delivering a keynote speech at our Urban Recovery Plans event with the Greater London Authority and the London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) on 7 June at 3 pm BST, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, writes for IPPO Cities. Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard The context for London’s recovery is extremely challenging, with growing pressures on the cost of living for many Londoners, especially those on the lowest incomes. This crisis has exposed long-standing inequalities in our society; disproportionately affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...

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