Manchester Urban Institute blog
Catch up on the most recent posts from our 'Urban' and 'Growth and Inclusion' blogs located on the Policy@Manchester website.
MUI COVID-19 blog posts
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced us to decentralise work: let’s not go back
Matthew Harrison, 27 May 2020
Build in haste, repent at leisure? Post-pandemic planning at the precipice
Iain White, Graham Haughton, Nuno Pinto, 27 May 2020
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and COVID-19: experiences of those well versed in social distancing
Poppy Budworth, 20 May 2020
Pandemic-3.0 and the Cities Game – from crisis to transformation
Joe Ravetz, 13 May 2020
How has coronavirus changed cities? Using urban data to understand lockdown
James Evans, Dave Topping, Tom Bannan, Joe Rees, Ettore Murabito, Ann Gledson, Matthew Harrison, 21 April 2020
How modelling can become a debate-support tool, not just a decision-support tool
Graham Haughton, Nuno Pinto, Iain White, 20 April 2020
Whose park is it anyway? Social distancing and park users during the Covid-19 pandemic
Ian Mell, 20 April 2020
Temporary urban solutions help us deal with crisis – and can lead to radical shifts in city space
Michael Martin, Ian Deas, Stephen Hincks, 15 April 2020
Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South.
Diana Mitlin, 25 March 2020
Global Development Institute blog posts in partnership with MUI
The Global Development Institute works closely with the Manchester Urban Institute, with many colleagues affiliates of both institutions. Read more about some of our joint events.
Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South.
Global Development Institute - 25 March 2020
What creates a pro-poor politics and the possibility of participatory planning?
Global Development Institute - 14 May 2019
GDI Lecture: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities with Edgar Pieterse
Global Development Institute - 10 May 2019
External blog posts by colleagues
Nature rebounding in the peri-urban landscapes that the industrial revolution left behind: North West England’s carbon landscape
Janice Astbury and Joanne Tippett - 3 January 2019
I Have Seen the Future
Diana Mitlin - 24 September 2018
Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here’s how to avoid inequality and segregation
Nuno Pinto, Aya Badawy - 24 September 2018
Transforming Beijing through eco-urbanisation: the development of Xiongan New Special Zone, China’s ‘second capital’
Zhan Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Cecilia Wong and Jiancheng Chen - 14 July 2017
Beijing’s green infrastructure – addressing climate change in a rapidly urbanising megacity
Wei Zheng and Cecilia Wong - 6 July 2017
The challenges of sustainability and well being in the context of rapid urbanisation: the situation in Beijing
Miao Qiao - 3 July 2017 (First published at Blogged Environment, the blog of the Built Environment journal)
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COVID-19: What should transport and mobility responses be now and beyond?
3 June 2020
The measures we put in place around transport and mobility are critical to how we emerge from this pandemic and rebuild in the coming years. In this blog, Dr Ransford A. Acheampong examines how to make transport safe as some of the most vulnerable groups are returning to work, and shows that active travel is […]
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The COVID-19 lockdown has forced us to decentralise work: let’s not go back | Matthew Harrison
27 May 2020
The post The COVID-19 lockdown has forced us to decentralise work: let’s not go back | Matthew Harrison appeared first on Manchester Urban Institute blog.
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Build in haste, repent at leisure? Post-pandemic planning at the precipice
27 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions on what shape planning should take post-crisis. Here, Prof Iain White, Prof Graham Haughton, and Dr Nuno Pinto outline how current regulations have exacerbated difficulties for some people in lockdown, discuss how opportunistic developers or politicians may seek to hijack the policy responses, and suggest solutions to ensure […]
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and COVID-19: experiences of those well versed in social distancing | Poppy Budworth.
21 May 2020
The post Inflammatory Bowel Disease and COVID-19: experiences of those well versed in social distancing | Poppy Budworth. appeared first on Manchester Urban Institute blog.
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Pandemic-3.0 and the Cities Game – from crisis to transformation | Joe Ravetz
13 May 2020
The post Pandemic-3.0 and the Cities Game – from crisis to transformation | Joe Ravetz appeared first on Manchester Urban Institute blog.
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Levelling up regional resilience
12 May 2020
Dr Marianne Sensier and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience, community wellbeing, sustainability and governance of Greater Manchester and Preston in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crisis provided a window of opportunity for some places to develop new arrangements to adapt and diversify regional economies. In this blog, […]
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A tale of cities: Local diasporas hold a key to strengthening international outreach
5 May 2020
The publication of Government guidance on social distancing saw a delay between the release of the English language version and the guidance being provided in different languages. In this blog, Professor Yaron Matras examines this disparity and suggests a new policy to prevent a similar issue arising in the future. The release of social distancing […]
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From lives vs. the economy to lives vs. lives: Global South lessons on reframing the lockdown debate
5 May 2020
During the weeks of lockdown in the UK, the Government has talked about the balancing act between saving lives and saving the economy. But is it right to talk about these two things as if they are completely separate? In this blog, Dr Juan Manuel del Nido explores the interdependency between lives and the economy, […]
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How has coronavirus changed cities? Using urban data to understand lockdown | Manchester Urban Observatory
21 April 2020
The post How has coronavirus changed cities? Using urban data to understand lockdown | Manchester Urban Observatory appeared first on Manchester Urban Institute blog.
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Whose park is it anyway? Social distancing and park users during the Covid-19 pandemic | Ian Mell
15 April 2020
The post Whose park is it anyway? Social distancing and park users during the Covid-19 pandemic | Ian Mell appeared first on Manchester Urban Institute blog.
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Power from the sun, money from the crowd: community energy offers low-cost finance for renewables
25 March 2020
The fall in the cost of renewable energy has created new possibilities for citizen investors to fund community energy projects. However, the majority require some level of price support. In this blog, researchers from The University of Manchester call for policies to support the growth of this sector, such as encouraging the purchase of community-generated […]
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Can we ‘level up’ transport infrastructure across the UK?
29 January 2020
Professor Diane Coyle and Dr Marianne Sensier have recently conducted research comparing transport infrastructure projects that have used HM Treasury’s Green Book. In this blog they argue that this methodology, alongside political prioritisation of projects in and around London, has reinforced existing success in wealthy, already highly productive parts of the UK. Future infrastructure investment […]
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Gender and occupational segregation in Greater Manchester
16 January 2020
Within the Greater Manchester region, the highest paid roles are typically dominated by men. In this blog, Anna Sanders and Professor Francesca Gains break down the gender ratios within several key sectors, and offer solutions to increase gender parity across the region. Men are concentrated in higher-paid occupational sectors. Two-thirds of managers, directors and senior […]
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Does fathers’ involvement in childcare influence mothers’ employment post-childbirth?
12 November 2019
In October 2019, the Government Equalities Office published three pieces of research on the barriers to women’s progression. In this blog, Dr Helen Norman, Research Fellow in Sociology, discusses some of the findings in relation to her own research into the impact of paternal involvement in childcare on mothers’ employment trajectories during the early stages […]
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Labouring Urban Infrastructures digital magazine
18 October 2019
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#CreativeInfra: A reflection
29 May 2019
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Critical social infrastructure for older people
1 May 2019
Sophie Yarker is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), working on the Greater Manchester-based Ambition for Ageing programme. In this blog, she discusses her research into the importance of social infrastructure for older people and the need to think about it in new ways. Face-to-face interactions are the […]
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Improving the census question on ‘language’ could help repair community relations and Britain’s international image post-Brexit
1 April 2019
Yaron Matras, Professor of Linguistics, discusses the importance of changing the census question “What is your main language?” and the impact this change could have. The census question on language lacks a clear definition of what it means by ‘main language’ and forces multilingual households to select just one language. The Brexit debate includes conversations […]
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Fuel poverty and low-carbon investment: a role for area-based policy?
25 March 2019
The GMCA plans to launch a five year plan for carbon neutrality in Greater Manchester by 2038 at the Green Summit today. Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, will be hosting a discussion table at the public sector space within the Green Summit. Here, he blogs about the importance of area-based fuel poverty and energy […]
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Shed housing in the UK – looking beyond stereotypes
11 March 2019
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