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Rapid Transit and Urban Recovery

The AoU recently organised a virtual study tour of four tram systems seeking to learn from those involved in their finance and construction. Nicholas Falk,..

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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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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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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

Opinion

Opinion

SOUNDING-OFF: Can you name a second famous female planner from history?

Vicky Payne argues that it’s time to celebrate some of the lesser-known pioneers of planning. Can you name a famous female planner from history? Of..

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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

News & Reviews

News & Reviews

The Buzz of Urban Life

Following the article by Martin Crookson last month Steve Bee reviews his book ‘Why Face to Face Still Matters’ written with Jonathan Reades. I remember..

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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

My Place

My Place

Wilberforce House Museum, Hull

Robin Diaper, Curator of Maritime & Social History I never paid much attention to careers advice at school, and after leaving school with A-levels in..

My Place

Ripley Castle

Sir Thomas Ingilby: Owner My family has lived at Ripley Castle for 714 years. It was given to us as a dowry – a wedding..

My Place

Millhouses Park – Sheffield

Harshada Deshpande: Urbanist I work as an Urban Designer within the Planning Service of Sheffield City Council. My main role is as a design advocate..

My Place

Herceg Novi – Montenegro

Aleks Milentilevic – Urbanist I studied Architecture and Planning at Nikola Tesla University in Belgrade, then I did my Master’s in Spatial Planning at Oxford..