Internal migration is responsible for the changing geography of Britain's ethnic group
populations. Although this changing geography is at the centre of heated debates of social …

Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places?
Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes …

Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers
around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts …

It is a little over 30 years since Jim Callaghan's Labour Government passed the 1978 Inner
Urban Areas Act. The following year marked a shift in power to Margaret Thatcher's …

Cities have been viewed for several decades as the places within Europe typically facing the
greatest problems associated with economic and population decline. A contrasting view has …

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities
and towns in which to live and work and play? What can we learn from other countries …

This paper is an honest, reflexive account of action research with activists. Through a two
year project called'Autonomous Geographies', a team of researchers undertook case studies …

In recent years, modern economies have shifted away from being based on physical capital
and towards being based on new knowledge (eg, new ideas and inventions). Consequently …

In the face of growing competitive pressures, cities in Britain and elsewhere have been
exploring new ways of promoting their distinctiveness in order to increase local prosperity. I …

The paper examines universities as anchor institutions in the context of a major upheaval in
the funding of English higher education. The various components of these changes are …