Social infrastructure

05.12.2014

George Weeks

Are we designing young people out of our cities? We asked two young planners and listened to a talk by a teenage skater who successfully campaigned to save the Southbank skate park in London

A manifesto for a stronger urban nation

07.11.2014

Alexandra Jones

Centre for Cities | Devolution | Social infrastructure | UK

As we head towards the 2015 election, political change for the UK's cities has never seemed more possible, says Alexandra Jones

Garden cities revisited

17.10.2014

David Rudlin

This year's Wolfson Economics Prize has stirred up debate - and emotion - about the possibilities ofr a new wave of garden cities

RTPI maintains watching brief in wake of Scotland referendum

19.09.2014

Laura Edgar

The RTPI is adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach ahead of potential governance changes across the UK following the 'No' vote in the Scottish independence referendum.

Irish government allocates €23M to improve social housing

09.09.2014

Roger Milne

Housing | Ireland | Social Housing Investment Programme | Social infrastructure

Alan Kelly, the Republic of Ireland’s minister for the environment, community and local government, has announced the allocation of €23 million capital funding to some 31 city and county councils to undertake improvement works for social housing.

Eco-town plans submitted

28.08.2014

Marino Donati

Plans for up to 2,600 homes in an ‘eco-town’ at Bicester in Oxfordshire have been submitted.

Housing crisis needs 40 garden cities

27.08.2014

Marino Donati

Business & Enterprise | Housing | Infrastructure | Social infrastructure | UK

As many 40 new garden cities are needed to solve the housing crisis, according to planners and architects shortlisted for a prestigious prize.

Welsh town centres get cash for regeneration

26.08.2014

Marino Donati

Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent and Grangetown in Cardiff will get £1 million from the Welsh government for town and district centre improvements.

Suburbs in the spotlight

26.08.2014

Robin Hutchinson

There was much to excite a mind engaged with the challenges facing suburbia at this year's Imagining The Suburbs conference in Exeter, organised by the Cultures of the Suburbs International Research Network...

Healthy cities: A crucible of challenge and opportunity

26.08.2014

Carole-Anne Davies

Carole-Anne Davies. healthy cities | Health | Social infrastructure | UK | wellbeing

An ambitious opening session at this year’s RTPI planning convention saw Anil Menon, Cisco’s advocate of the digital economy, deliver a wake-up call on the need to address...

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