Wider Reading

Below are a selection of wider reading links that will be updated over time:

Perception/Representations of Place

Perception of Place

A millennial and a baby boomer trade places_ ‘I can’t help but feel a stab of envy’ _ World news _ The Guardian.pdf

Age

GayVillage_Impacts.pdf

Sexuality

Mexico City from a wheelchair_ 'There's no second chance on these streets' _ Cities _ The Guardian.pdf

Disability

The concept of place - geographical review.pdf

the concept of place part 2 - geographical review.pdf

Paris street to 'shut out Instagrammers'Residents are demanding a gate to keep picture-hunters off their colourful cobbled street.

Town v gown: is the student boom wrecking communities?In towns across the country, many locals fear the relentless expansion of universities threatens the fabric of their neighbourhoods

People film in my Cornish hometown because it’s beautiful, but they’re actually killing itFishermen's Friends, a film set in Cornwall, opens this week. But one local worries what big-screen stardom will do for their fishing village

Game of Thrones 'big business' for NISeason Six may have just ended, but Game of Thrones is still big business for Northern Ireland.

Donald Trump urged to 'feel the love'After the seaside village of Jaywick was featured in a political campaign ad in the US, its residents speak out.

A Global Sense of Place.pdf

Rutland falls to the golden arches and welcomes McDonald'sCountry’s smallest county had been the only such region without fast-food chains in it

Economic Change & Social Inequality

Many pupils in England hungry and badly clothed, say teachersUnion says schools overwhelmed by funding cuts and increasing child poverty

Two-thirds of UK's highest paid live in London or south-east, HMRC data showsAbout 205,000 people in the region paid more than £150,000 a year

Lower paid coastal residents 'being left behind'People living on the coast typically earn £1,600 less than those inland, BBC News analysis finds.

Ofsted report says 200,000 pupils stuck in low achieving schoolsRegulator says 415 schools in England are in a cycle of poor performance and fail children

The only way to end the class divide: the case for abolishing private schoolsThe long read: The continuing gap between state and private education is reinforcing privilege and harming the prospects of another generation. The only solution is integration

Placemaking & Rebranding

Move over Manchester article.docx

How to kill a city.docx

Consultants brought in to 'rebrand' Salisbury after novichok attackCity looks to recover tourist numbers and change its image after nerve agent poisonings

'More charity shops than anything else': Tamworth typifies UK's high street woesBusiness rates, commercial rents and the internet are all part of the mix – can local councils do anything to revive their towns?

Seaside towns 'desperate for reinvention'A House of Lords report says if you can solve the problem in Blackpool "you can solve it anywhere".

Should we build cities from scratch?With another 2.5 billion urban dwellers predicted within the next 30 years, should we expand existing cities? Or is there a case for starting afresh?

Designing the cities of the futureHow 3D software supercharged with real-time data can simulate complex designs before they're built.

The councils trying to save the High StreetLocal authorities are buying up failing shopping malls with the aim of reviving them, but is it too risky?

The UK's rapid return to city centre livingHow city centres once abandoned by residents became the UK's most desirable areas to live.

High rise living finds a new role despite Grenfell aftermath and reputation as Del Boy’s manorThe new wave of high rises began with luxury in mind but affordable is now also coming into play.

'We haven't had a boom like this for 40 years'Turner Contemporary is a successful gallery but how much has it helped Margate?

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