Authors Thomas van Laake (University of Manchester) and Graeme Sherriff (University of Salford) reflect on the challenges of putting active travel policy into practice in Greater Manchester and discussions at a recent event co-hosted by Manchester Urban Institute,...
In April 2024, students in the Manchester-Toronto International Doctoral Cluster visited Canada to take part in the Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto Enrichment Academy. Thomas Van Laake (University of Manchester) and Élyse Comeau (University of Toronto) discuss the many...
Economic austerity has deepened and widened across the UK due largely to the ever-rising cost of living and the wider effects of Brexit, the pandemic recovery, political instability and the pressure of overseas conflicts. Many more individuals and households have been...
Encouraging active travel and supporting community health and wellbeing through the co-production of local green routes with local community partners | Joanna Barrow, Manchester Urban InstituteThe previous blog in this series outlined good practice for community...
One faint silver lining to the very dark cloud of COVID-19 is the positive effect the lockdown has had on the environment. As many employers have been forced to embrace remote working and with the restriction on ‘unnecessary’ travel, the reduction in road use has had...
The global outbreak of Coronavirus has prompted important questions around the impact of isolation on people’s mental and physical health, interactions with the environment, their relationships, work life and social life. The words ‘social distancing’ have echoed in...
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a multitude of deaths, the lock-down of huge populations, and the decimation of economies, not least in the UK. But here we take a forward look on cities and settlements of many shapes and sizes – not only as grey areas on the map,...
What would happen if we could remove cars from our cities? Can we improve air quality to reduce vulnerability to Coronavirus? These are big questions with massive ramifications for public health, liveability and climate change. This post uses urban data to examine how...
How should we react when we see people outside in public spaces or parks when we’re all supposed to be at home self-isolating? When does our daily constitutional exercise turn into a group activity? Who are we allowed to spend time with outside of the home?Each of...
The Manchester Urban Institute is pleased to present the Labouring Urban Infrastructure digital magazine.From the ‘infrastructural age’ to crises of care, infrastructures have taken a paramount place within contemporary discourse and debates. Promises of better...
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