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SUMMARY:Reimagining New Towns: Delivering Growth and Place-Making for 21s
 t Century England
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exploration of the New Towns Taskforce Report 
 to Government\, a major contribution to the national conversation on hou
 sing and place-making. The event will explore how new towns can help add
 ress England’s housing challenges\, featuring reflections from Dame Kate
  Barker\, the deputy chair of the government taskforce that produced the
  report\, and a panel of leading experts in urban planning\, regional de
 velopment\, and policy.\n\nThis event marks the publication of the New T
 owns Taskforce Report to Government\, which presents an ambitious and fo
 rward-looking agenda for how new towns can play a vital role in meeting 
 England’s housing needs and supporting environmentally sustainable\, inc
 lusive growth.\n\nThe event will open with remarks from Professor Khalid
  Nadvi\, Head of the School of Environment\, Education and Development (
 SEED) at The University of Manchester.\n\nThis will be followed by a sho
 rt address from the government taskforce's deputy chair Dame Kate Barker
 \, who will touch briefly on the reasons for wanting to increase housing
  supply in England\, and describe how New Towns can be part of the solut
 ion. The context for choosing locations for New Towns now is rather diff
 erent from the post-war context\, and so the taskforce took what seemed 
 the best approach for today. However\, the long-term character of these 
 developments means this is inevitably an imperfect exercise.\n\nThe New 
 Towns report sets out an ambitious agenda for place-making – but the rea
 lity of implementation and financing challenges should not be underestim
 ated. Planning changes would help with the process of moving these proje
 cts forward.\n\nA panel discussion will then explore the implications of
  the report for policy and practice\, featuring:\n\n- Facilitating: Prof
 essor James Evans – Professor of Geography\, Associate Dean for Research
  (Humanities)\n- Andrew McIntosh – Director of Place\, Greater Mancheste
 r Combined Authority\n- Professor Cecilia Wong – Professor of Spatial Pl
 anning and Director of the Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab\, Manchester Ur
 ban Institute\n- Professor Philip McCann – Sir Terry Leahy Chair of Urba
 n and Regional Economics\, Alliance Manchester Business School\, The Pro
 ductivity Institute\n\nThe panel will discuss the opportunities and chal
 lenges of delivering new towns in the contemporary policy and planning l
 andscape\, reflecting on how they can contribute to balanced regional gr
 owth\, innovation\, and well-designed places.\n\nThe event will close wi
 th remarks from Professor Fiona Devine\, Vice-President and Dean of the 
 Faculty of Humanities\, who will reflect on the report’s broader implica
 tions for national housing strategy and regional development.\n\nPlease 
 note that this event will take place in person only at Alliance Manchest
 er Business School. There will be refreshments and an opportunity for ne
 tworking from 4:30pm.\n\nThis event is hosted by Alliance Manchester Bus
 iness School and The School of Environment\, Education and Development a
 t The University of Manchester\, with The Productivity Institute and in 
 partnership with the Campaign for Social Science.
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Aliiance Manchester Business School\, Booth Street West\, Manche
 ster\, M15 6PB
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