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Face to Face Still Matters

Are cities really so vulnerable to the long-term effects of Covid-19?
Martin Crookson argues that reports of the death of the city are exaggerated. Based on his book written with Jonathan Reades he argues that face to face still matters.

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Everything Flows

Everything Flows: What the philosopher Heraclitus can teach us about urban planning. Andreas Markides reflects on change and 35 years of planning.
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Connecting continents: Equitable futures for global cities

Charles Critchell shares insights into why some global cities have responded to the urban challenges of the pandemic more effectively than others
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Delivering health justice: An interview with Araceli Camargo

Here & Now meets with the co-founder of Centric Lab, to discuss the legacy of Covid-19 and the relationship between poor health and poor urban planning
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Six principles for healthier placemaking

Fred London AoU shares his framework for producing places with positive health outcomes
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Supporting nature’s recovery

Laura Stafford shares tips on how you can improve biodiversity and value when looking at new developments
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Creating carbon-conscious places

Heather Claridge AoU explores how places can support decarbonisation
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Planning without end

The Urban Idiot’s law of planning states that the level of objections raised by a planning authority to a submitted plan is a constant and..
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Healthy cities need healthy city centres

Pauline Niesseron urges us not to forget the role of public space and city centres when planning for a healthy city
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Little England or Mini-Holland?

The Urban Idiot questions the permeability of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
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Paradise Lost?

Hilary Kolinsky reviews a new book on lessons from the British and French New Towns edited by David Fée, Bob Colenutt, Sabine Coady Schabitz From..
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Children will save the city

Marketa Nosalova reviews Tim Gill’s new book Urban Playground: How Child Friendly planning and design can save cities.
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Zones of new work

Many city leaders recognise that wealth creating economies are fundamental to towns and cities. John Montgomery AoU discusses paths to regional economic development and prosperity
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Culture in the time of Covid

Tim Challans AoU makes the case for keeping the culture industries alive, now and after the pandemic
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Community engagement in the modern world

Create Streets' David Milner AoU describes how digital efforts to engaging communities could be the future of planning
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Brixton – London

Lia Ghilardi – Urbanist I was born in Lombardy in Italy and moved to London in 1982 after completing my degree in Sociology. As well..
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Clarence Dock, Leeds

Gordon Carey – Architect I was born in Leeds and went to primary school in the city. I always loved drawing as a child and..
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Amotherby, N.Yorks

Mike Snowden – Businessman In the Second World War this Nissen hut was used by German prisoners who were labouring on the farm. My wife..
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Trafford, Manchester

Kal Gill-Faci- Architect It is 7.30am and the middle of Summer 2020 and I’m out on my allotment, which is right next to my house;..
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Santiago de Compostella, Spain

Marcia Whitney-Schenck, Author
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BBC Yorkshire, Leeds

Chris Nriapia, Big Screen Manager
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The Humber Bridge, Hull

George Thomas, Industrial Chemist
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Cambridge Street, Harrogate

Chris ‘Toffee’ McDougall, Musician
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Medway Yacht Club, Upnor

Ming Hang Henry Chung, Commercial Director
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