Projects – Page 4 – Urban Transformations

Security at the Margins (SeaM): Spaces and strategies for negotiating security in urban South Africa

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While cities have brought considerably benefits to many, for the most marginalised residents they are often sites of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. This is especially true in South Africa, where the country’s rapid urbanisation in…

Silhouette of boys playing football against a warm sunrise sky.

(Re)Connect the Nexus: Young Brazilians’ experiences of and learning about food-water-energy

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While recent research on food-water-energy access has generally focused on governance and flows between producers and consumers, there is currently little evidence available on how young people specifically experience this nexus. This is despite the fact…

Fair and Inclusive Environmental/Social Transition Alternatives: Learning from the ‘Living Well’ and ‘Green Economy’ pathways to sustainability

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While there is some agreement on the need to move towards a fairer and more sustainable society, how to best achieve this is still the source of some debate. In particular, there are tensions between more…

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Urban Ageing and Social Exclusion

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Social exclusion is an acute problem for older people, particularly those living in cities – a rapidly growing population in the context of increasing urbanisation and rising life expectancy. Yet despite widespread recognition of this issue,…

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…

Beyond contagion: Social identity processes in involuntary social influence

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The concept of ‘contagion’ is widely used to explain the spread of behaviours, in particular violent disorder, from person to person. However, this framework fails to fully encompass the complex role of group norms and boundaries…

Urban Living Partnership – Newcastle and Gateshead City Region

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Urban Living Project – Newcastle and Gateshead City Region aims to strengthen understanding of the complex and interdependent challenges confronting the region. Through the creation of a multi-stakeholder Newcastle City Futures Unit, bringing together government, industry,…

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…

Urban Living Pilot – The Bristol Urban Area Diagnostics Pilot

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While Bristol has shown considerable success in steering a path towards greater wellbeing and sustainability, reflected in its status as European Green Capital 2015, it has nevertheless struggled to fully realise its ambitions of urban transformation.…

Brazil-UK Healthy Urban Mobility (HUM)

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While in recent years there has been growing interest in the ways planning can promote improved health and mobility, increased use of private vehicles in many cities has come at the expense of walking, cycling and…