Policies and Places

There is no universally accepted definition of place or what constitutes a ‘good place’. Places are often seen as spaces with meanings for those who live, work or visit them. Places can be small immediate neighborhoods, or whole towns and cities or even regions. Places continually evolve through the interplay of physical built environment, the characteristics of those living there and the impact of wider political and economic developments like climate change, net zero and sustainability.

Policies for successful places have therefore to engage with an ever-changing reality. Policies need to work for local communities as well as across larger areas and depend on some notions of place quality, of ‘placeness’ or even ‘placelessness’. Policies need to be place-based, grounded in communities and community engagement. Place policies depend on an understanding of how changes happen and become sustainable.

Policies and Places ranges widely over these issues and explores current ideas and debates for making making places better and making better places for all.

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