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Letter from the Chair

Tony Reddy AoU reflects on the challenges of 2020 and the changes cities must make in their approach to planning post-pandemic

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Connecting continents: Equitable futures for global cities

Charles Critchell shares insights into why some global cities have responded to the urban challenges of the pandemic more effectively than others
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Delivering health justice: An interview with Araceli Camargo

Here & Now meets with the co-founder of Centric Lab, to discuss the legacy of Covid-19 and the relationship between poor health and poor urban planning
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Six principles for healthier placemaking

Fred London AoU shares his framework for producing places with positive health outcomes
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Supporting nature’s recovery

Laura Stafford shares tips on how you can improve biodiversity and value when looking at new developments
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Creating carbon-conscious places

Heather Claridge AoU explores how places can support decarbonisation
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Levelling up health inequalities

Monica Laucas discusses the future of the Levelling-up agenda; an opportunity to address health inequalities in the UK
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Healthy cities need healthy city centres

Pauline Niesseron urges us not to forget the role of public space and city centres when planning for a healthy city
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Little England or Mini-Holland?

The Urban Idiot questions the permeability of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
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In the mesh of urban life, everything is connected

Frank McDonald AoU explains what the Covid-19 pandemic has unveiled about Dublin's property market
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Zones of new work

Many city leaders recognise that wealth creating economies are fundamental to towns and cities. John Montgomery AoU discusses paths to regional economic development and prosperity
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Culture in the time of Covid

Tim Challans AoU makes the case for keeping the culture industries alive, now and after the pandemic
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Community engagement in the modern world

Create Streets' David Milner AoU describes how digital efforts to engaging communities could be the future of planning
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Growing a network in Scotland (in a pandemic)

A year since joining the Academy, Rachel Howlett reflects on her task of developing the AoU in Scotland and the birth of the popular 'Coffee Break' series
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Learning from the Danes

Dr Nicholas Falk AoU discusses the Danish approach land value capture and strategic planning
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Santiago de Compostella, Spain

Marcia Whitney-Schenck, Author
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BBC Yorkshire, Leeds

Chris Nriapia, Big Screen Manager
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The Humber Bridge, Hull

George Thomas, Industrial Chemist
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Cambridge Street, Harrogate

Chris ‘Toffee’ McDougall, Musician
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Medway Yacht Club, Upnor

Ming Hang Henry Chung, Commercial Director
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York St Mary’s Gallery, York

Shoushan Keshishian, Postgraduate student
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Jacob’s Well, Trinity Lane, York

Jane Nattrass, Chaplain to the Butchers’ Guild
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The Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Dominique Gingras, School student
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