CEP Urban and Spatial Programme Blog (formerly SERC)
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
The Beeching Axe: the consequences of massive rail disinvestment
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By Steve Gibbons, Stephan Heblich and Ted Pinchbeck Did pulling up nearly half of Britain’s railways in the 1950s, 60s and 70s affect ...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Turning Brownfields Around: the Role of Demand in Land Re-Development
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Land demand is high in cities. Cities have access to good jobs, people and specialized consumption services. High demand and the limite...
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Did the Blitz enhance London’s economy?
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By Gerard Dericks & Hans Koster The Blitz lasted from Sept 1940 to May 1941, during which the Luftwaffe dropped 18,291 tons of high ...
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Inclusive Growth in cities: Good intentions, difficult policy
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Posted by Neil Lee, Department of Geography and Environment and SERC Inclusive Growth - a concern with the pace and pattern of growth - ha...
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The ‘Bedroom Tax’: How did families react? Did the policy achieve its objectives?
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By Steve Gibbons The ‘Bedroom Tax’ – or ‘under occupancy penalty’ or ‘removal of the spare room subsidy’ as it has been called officially...
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Does gentrification displace low-income renters in Britain? In short: Yes!
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By Sevrin Waights Gentrification is an ambiguous term, which roughly speaking means the replacement of poor residents in a community by t...
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