Progress & Events
Summer 2008
CityForm India – an International Dissemination and Research Networking Conference held in New Delhi, India. Jenks, Raman and Dempsey organised and led this conference bringing together UK and India-based researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
Spring 2008
Representatives from CityForm presented a number of papers at ‘Sustainability, Space and Social Justice’ UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2008, Queen's University, Belfast, 18-20 March, 2008.
What impact does urban form have on community sustainability? Nicola Dempsey, Caroline Brown and Glen Bramley
Healthy and happy? Urban form and social sustainability Caroline Brown, Glen Bramley and Nicola Dempsey
Autumn 2008
The successful CityForm Research Dissemination Seminar was held at the RIBA in London on 1st November. The research team presented the research findings from the different parts of the project. For more information, contact Nicola.
Representatives from CityForm presented a number of papers at 'The Vital City' European Urban Research Association (EURA) 10th Anniversary Conference, University of Glasgow. Papers presented:
Urban Form and Social Sustainability: planning for happy, cohesive and 'vital' communities? Glen Bramley, Caroline Brown, Nicola Dempsey and Sinead Power
Are high quality neighbourhoods socially sustainable? Methodological challenges of unpacking multidimensional concepts Nicola Dempsey
Retailing and the City: an investigation into the relationships between urban form and retailing in Edinburgh Allison Orr, Charlotte MacDonald, Chris Leishman, and Colin Jones
Spring / Summer 2007
Consortium Meeting, University of Sheffield
Representatives from CityForm presented a number of papers at the 'Thinking Spaces for Making Places' Planning Research Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Winter 2006/2007
Consortium Meeting, The Prince's Foundation, London 18th January Steering Committee Meeting, RICS, London
Summer 2006
Consortium Meeting, IESD, De Montfort University
Spring 2006
Consortium Meeting at the University of Sheffield
Global Places, Local Spaces Conference at UCL
Papers presented:
What is "Social Sustainability", and How Do Our Existing Urban Forms Perform in Nurturing it?
Glen Bramley, Nicola Dempsey, Sinead Power and Caroline Brown
Defining the Neighbourhood: empirical challenges
Nicola Dempsey, Mike Jenks and Glen Bramley
The Contribution of "Sustainable" New Developments to Sustainable Lifestyles: an evaluation of schemes in the UK (interim research findings)
Carol Dair and Katie Williams
Levels of Privacy in New Sustainable Housing Developments in England
Morag Lindsay and Katie Williams
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