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Localising change through the prism of people and place: why you should attend | 17 April 2013, The Castlegate, Newcastle

Three great reasons to join us in Newcastle


1. Hear Jaqueline Tellinga, District Manager Homeruskwartier for the City of Almere, Holland, explain how people, politicians and planners worked together to create a viable new town – and how the system can be successful in the UK


2. Top-down change has run out of steam: work with pioneering decision-makers from the development, investment, planning, legal and design sectors on meeting local housing, infrastructure and service challenges


3. Be involved with defining a viable framework for localising change: creative asset management and overcoming disconnects between need, policy and revenue streams

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This workshop-based event will explore a structural framework within which viable incremental improvements can happen. It will conclude with a summary of ways local impacts through collaboration on complex, small-scale urban projects

A summary framework document will be circulated to participants.

This event is supported by Architecture & Design Scotland.

'Almere's large-scale self-build experiement has ridden the financial storm far better than volume house-builders' Jaqueline Tellinga, District Manager Homeruskwartier for the City of Almere, Holland


 

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Royal Assent for the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013

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project overviews

Tipping point: localising change through the prism of people and place, not pounds and profit

There is general agreement amongst policy makers and practitioners alike that we have reached a tipping point: top down change or Big Regeneration isn't working. Big is a Bad Word. Local is a Good Word. Local, lots of small –'massive small' even, is both more acceptable and more prasctcial. And calls for 'radically new' proposals are coming from both left, right and centre, says Juliana O'Rourke

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feature

Start small, think big: ways to deliver resilient homes, neighbourhoods and communities

Our neighbourhoods need a core of people committed to their communities. Supporting and enabling group custom build, whether by Community Land Trusts (CLTs) or by multi-partner development frameworks, is an idea whose time has come. Juliana O'Rourke samples a range of professional viewpoints

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RUDI UrbanXtra

Visit RUDI UrbanXtra for unique insight across the 'bigger picture' of placemaking, spatial planning, transport and infrastructure delivery.

Landor LINKS works with RUDI, RUDI.net, Local Transport Today, Data & Modelling, Travel 2020, New Transit and TransportXtra.com to develop 'thought leadership' and facilitate the sharing of information between the ever-expanding circle of professionals involved in making better places


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events

Quality Streetscapes 2013: Unlocking the potential of property and public space

How will our urban centres look and perform in future?

This one day event on May 9, 2013, in London will explore design and policy responses to town centre performance:

  • Re-evaluating the purpose, appearance and performance of our town centres
  • Responding to click and collect: planning and design initiatives
  • Access all ages: accommodating the changing demographics of town centre users
  • The new life of urban areas: using property assets to upgrade the passenger and visitor experience
  • Spatial success: understanding spatial planning impacts on trends and costs
  • What adds value to town centres and high streets? How design approaches can support access, usability and attractiveness
  • Physical meets digital: tools to help improve the town centre experience
  • Contact Carey Baker for more information


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book of the week

PLACEmaking 2013: Calling creative thinkers with the will to drive place-based innovation across the place-making disciplines


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