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Comment on This is not a Gateway by Michael Ward (@michaelward954)

Michael Ward (@michaelward954) — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:56:56 +0000

Most of the Gateway did not even have UDCs, with all their acknowledged limitations. They had non-statutory, voluntary regeneration partnerships or local delivery partnerships, with little control over policy or resource allocation. The New Towns programme used state power: the state bought the land and built the houses and the factories. The Thames Gateway relied on an endless search for consensus between parties with quite different material interests, and often conflicting objectives.

Comment on City Deals: The Second Wave by Policy-based evidence making | squareglasses blog

Policy-based evidence making | squareglasses blog — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:22:14 +0000

[...] where there are limits to what we can learn from abroad. Here, the need for careful piloting is running up against Ministerial enthusiasm for transformational [...]

Comment on High Speed Two: what’s in it for cities? by High Speed Two, cities and the North-South divide « squareglasses blog

High Speed Two, cities and the North-South divide « squareglasses blog — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:19:34 +0000

[...] Here’s what I wrote back in 2010, when the detailed modelling was done, and drawing on the international evidence. The punchlines are: [...]

Comment on Super-diversity by Bigger, more urban, more diverse « squareglasses blog

Bigger, more urban, more diverse « squareglasses blog — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:47:40 +0000

[...] of these trends will continue, with Leeds University researchers projecting a 20% minority ethnic population by 2051. But there is no obvious evidence that diversity is eroding national identity – 91% of [...]

Comment on A Tale of Tech City by Dallas

Dallas — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:39:51 +0000

Awesome article.

Comment on A hidden geography by Minor fame « squareglasses blog

Minor fame « squareglasses blog — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:19:19 +0000

[...] picture was originally used to illustrate ‘A Hidden Geography’, written in the Bay Area in late 2009. Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like [...]

Comment on Dr. Nathan, actually. by max

max — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:20:54 +0000

Thank you both!

Comment on Dr. Nathan, actually. by Judith Doyle

Judith Doyle — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:38:24 +0000

Congratulations Dr. Nathan!

Comment on Dr. Nathan, actually. by Alice Clarke

Alice Clarke — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:24:20 +0000

Congrats Max!!! Well done So happy for you

Comment on Three years, 11 months, 15 days, 56 minutes, 12 seconds by squareglasses

squareglasses — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:08:17 +0000

Thanks both! Grant, examiners permitting, I’ll be putting the summary chapter (and probably the whole thing) online after the viva on 17 November.