Projects – Urban Transformations

The Potential of Land Value Capture to Secure Sustainable Urban Development Supporting Air Quality Enhancement

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Transport and housing are both major contributors to urban air pollution, but addressing these issues can be costly and pose significant challenges to cities. The Potential of Land Value Capture to Secure Sustainable Urban Development Supporting…

Tackling Fire in Informal Urban Settlements: An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Around a billion people across the world live in shack settlements where fire outbreaks pose a constant threat to life, health and property. In a context where many residents lack access to electricity and the absence…

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE)

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With supply shortages, lack of affordability and rising levels of homelessness, housing has become an increasingly acute concern across the UK. The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) therefore aims to support local and national…

Gentrification, Displacement, and the Impacts of Council Estate Renewal in C21st London

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Amidst rising land prices and increased pressure on housing, many traditionally working-class neighbourhoods now face demolition and reconstruction as ‘mixed communities’. But while this new phrase of urban development has been widely criticized, the exact nature…

ASTRID – Accessibility, Social justice and TRansport emission Impacts of transit-oriented Development strategies

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While urban agglomeration typically brings growth and prosperity to cities, the benefits are often experienced unevenly. Indeed, while more affluent residents may benefit considerably, poorer communities may bear the burden of congestion, air pollution and other…

shacks in township in south africa, from directly above

Developing Research Capacity for Inclusive Urban Governance: a Sheffield-Witwatersrand PhD Training Partnership

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Despite considerable investment in urban housing and infrastructure since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s cities continue to struggle with service shortfalls and a dependence on ‘informal’ settlements. This situation, similar to urban conditions in many…

Urban Living Pilot – Leeds: Transformational Routemapping for Urban Environments (TRUE)

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In a context of prolonged financial austerity and resource shortfalls, cities in the UK continue to struggle with the pressures of social exclusion, housing shortages, environmental degradation and other issues. Urban Living Pilot – Leeds: Transformational…

Changing Socio-spatial Inequalities: Population Change and the Lived Experience of Inequality in Urban South Africa

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While South Africa has made remarkable progress since the end of apartheid, the country continues to face acute levels of inequality. This is especially evident in urban areas, where rapid growth, migration from rural areas and…

Community-led Upgrading for Self-Reliance in South Africa: Integrated Construction and Environmental Management Systems in Informal Settlements

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Across Africa, informal settlements struggle with poor housing, limited services and environmental hazards. But despite an increasing emphasis on participatory upgrading, communities are often constrained by lack of resources or technical knowledge to lead these processes,…

Living the Urban Periphery: Investment, Infrastructure and Economic Change in African City-Regions

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The peripheries of cities are playing an increasingly important role, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of future growth is likely to be concentrated on the urban fringe. However, current research on these areas remains…