Projects
Analysis of Cities and Regions
Investigating the nature of cities and regions and the vagueness that envelops these terms.
GoWell: Glasgow Community Health and Wellbeing Research and Learning Programme
Investigate the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities over a ten-year period. The programme aims to establish the nature and extent of these impacts, to learn about the relative effectiveness of different approaches, and to inform policy and practice in Scotland and beyond
GoWell: Studying Change in Glasgow’s East End
This major new study examines the impact that the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and related regeneration interventions, will have on communities living next to some of the main Games venues in the inner East End of Glasgow.
The Implicit Pricing of Property Attributes
This project examines the pricing of office investments and investigates which attributes have significant effects on investment yields.
Neighbourhood Context: Impact on Attitudes to Inequality and Redistribution
Do the places where people live impact on their attitudes towards inequality in society or their attitudes towards redistribution?
Neighbourhood Dynamics and Spatial Segregation
How do the population characteristics of individual neighbourhoods change over time, and how is the overall pattern of spatial segregation affected as a result.
Poverty and Social Exclusion UK Survey
A collaborative project aiming to advance the 'state of the art' of the theory and practice of poverty and social exclusion measurement.
Regional Density Functions and Regional Boundaries
Exploring the use of the density function as a means for examining the spatial structure of a region.
The Science of the City: Statistical Mapping in Paris and London, c1840-1940
From the mid-nineteenth century attempts to map the social landscapes of cities began to increase. Closely connected to the growth of statistics and the proliferation of expert knowledge, these mapping techniques were conceptualized as a new way to ‘see’ and analyse the social life of complex and rapidly growing cities. This project explores the historical development of statistical mapping in two major European cities.
Serving Deprived Communities in a Recession
Focusing on the consequences for vulnerable people and deprived places of the "worst financial settlement in living memory" for local government.
Spatial Structure Contrasts between Urban and Regional Systems
Aiming to impose a common framework on these two national systems, enabling their spatial structures to be compared.
Village Lead Land and Property Development in China: A study of current practice in the successful villages
This project examines examples of the bottom-up approach to urban development and explores the alternative approaches to the current practice of government led urbanisation in China.