Tag Archives: Social

Making a difference: Bradford and Plymouth

Posted on December 1, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

I’ve been excited to meet and talk to individuals working against the odds in their towns to make a positive difference to their towns and small cities. Artists Jean McEwan and Chemaine Cooke of Wur Bradford (see June 18 blog post) … Continue reading →

| Tagged Bradford, cities, community, Community economic development, Community Wealth Building, Economy, High Streets, Plymouth, Social, towns, Urban, Urban regeneration | Leave a comment

Making a difference: Newcastle under Lyme and the 6 Potteries Towns

Posted on November 29, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Following on from October’s blog, I’ve recently been listening to a couple of podcasts addressing issues relating to towns: Weekly Economics Podcast (from New Economics Foundation): Is it the end of the Road for the High Street? & Ed Miliband … Continue reading →

| Tagged cities, community, Community Development, Community economic development, Community Wealth Building, Economy, High Streets, NEF, Newcastle Under Lyme, Podcast, Social, The Potteries, towns, Urban, Urban regeneration | Leave a comment

Making a difference in Plymouth, Newcastle Under Lyme, Bradford

Posted on October 24, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

This next couple of blog posts are some very early musings on the current relationship between towns and cities and highlights some learning and thinking I’ve been doing about this. As an adult I’ve always lived in big cities (Sheffield, … Continue reading →

| Tagged Bradford, cities, community, Community economic development, Economy, Newcastle Under Lyme, Plymouth, Social, social change, towns, Urban, Urban development, Urban regeneration | 1 Comment

Musings on Markets #4: How to find ways to solve issues of gentrification?

Posted on July 25, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Following directly on from my previous post on street food and artisan markets – this post considers their relationship to the traditional market. These new food halls and artisan markets aren’t delivering what the traditional market does. They are considered by … Continue reading →

| Tagged Community economic development, Culture, Lagos, Levenshulme, Local Economic Development, Manchester, markets, Portugal, Resillience, Social, Social Enterprise, Street food, TCPA, town centre development, towns, traditional markets, Urban, Urban development | Leave a comment

Musings on Markets #3: markets as destinations and social spaces

Posted on July 24, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Over the last few years a new trend in markets has been very popular; artisan, craft and street food markets have been springing up in cities and towns across the country and in Europe. These are seen by those managing … Continue reading →

| Tagged Altrincham, Copenhagen, Culture, Food, Mackie Mayor, Manchester, markets, Northern Quarter, regeneration, retail, Social, Street food, town centre development, towns, traditional market, Urban, Urban development, Urban regeneration | 1 Comment

Enhancing public green space: biodiversity and community participation in Cornwall

Posted on November 27, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Another of the GI projects outlined at the recent TCPA conference was delivered by Robert Lacey, Principal Development Officer Strategic Planning Cornwall Council. He described a large-scale research/pilot project (mainly EU funded), and with TCPA as lead principal partner to: Increase biodiversity … Continue reading →

| Tagged Biodiversity, community, Community Development, Cornwall, Ecology, Environment, Green infrastructure, Green space, Park, Playing field, Social, SUDS, Swales | Leave a comment

Learning map-making using GIS software: some socio-cultural analyses of Leeds

Posted on June 18, 2015 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Just sharing some more of my learning from the MSC in Urban Regeneration and Development*. One of the first courses I undertook last Oct 2014, was entitled Monitoring and Analysis of Spatial Policy. This course taught how to create accurate … Continue reading →

| Tagged city, Data, Data visualisation, Leeds, Map-making, Maps, Social, Urban, Urbanisation | Leave a comment

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