What is the future for Medium-Sized Cities?

27-28 June 2011

Claus Moser Research Centre, Keele University

This event examined the considerable challenges facing the regeneration of post-industrial medium-sized cities (MSCs) at a time of highly constrained governmental budgets, and with trends towards population shrinkage, aging, and increasing social exclusion. This event examined the future of regeneration in MSCs, examining possible future sources of innovation as well as failure. The event had an international as well as UK focus.

 

Speaker(s)

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Phil Catney

(Keele University)

‘What are Medium-Sized Cities?’

 Catney presentation

Maria Cerreta

(University of Naples)

‘Medium Sized Cities: some perspectives for strategic planning’

 Cerreta presentation

Steven Henderson
(Wolverhampton University)

‘Regenerating Wolverhampton’

 

 Not available

Justin Hollander

(Tufts University)

‘Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, depopulation and urban planning in the American Sunbelt’

 

 Hollander presentation

Thomas Panagopoulos

(University of Algarve)

 

‘Determinants and shrink smart strategies for the municipalities of Portugal’

 Panagopoulos presentation

Mark Featherstone

(Keele University)

‘The Evolution of Chinese Hyper-Urbanism’

 Featherstone presentation

Lead: Phil Catney

‘What are the challenges/opportunities for Medium-Sized Cities?’

Workshop and panel discussion

 

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