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The future of medium-sized cities

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Posted on 05 July 2011

Dr Philip Catney (SPIRE), Dr Mark Featherstone, Professor Graham Allan and Professor Chris Phillipson (all Research Institute for Social Sciences) held a two day ESRC seminar (June, 2011) on the theme of 'The Future for Medium-Sized Cities'.

The seminar brought together academics and PhD students from all over the world to discuss the conceptual and practical issues involved in regenerating post-industrial cities. A keynote address was given by Professor Justin Hollander (Tufts University), who presented research that forms the basis of his recent book 'Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, Depopulation and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt' (2011).

Other speakers included Professor Maria Cerreta (University of Naples) on achieving sustainable regeneration in Italy, Professor Thomas Panagopoulos (University of Algarve) on a positive approach to shrinking cities, and Keele's Dr Mark Featherstone on hyper-urbanism in China. Other papers examined the UK experience of regeneration and the conceptual issues involved with developing a research programme on medium-sized cities.

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