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Julie Cowans Urban Policy and Sustainable Communities Advisor

Julie Cowans Urban Policy and Sustainable Communities Advisor. Sustainability. Environmental Social Economic ……….Effects of micro, or neighbourhood socio-economics, on community sustainability. Socio economic polarisation. Increasing Gated communities Concentrations of poverty

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Julie Cowans Urban Policy and Sustainable Communities Advisor

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  1. Julie CowansUrban Policy and Sustainable Communities Advisor

  2. Sustainability • Environmental • Social • Economic ……….Effects of micro, or neighbourhood socio-economics, on community sustainability

  3. Socio economic polarisation • Increasing • Gated communities • Concentrations of poverty = intolerance, social exclusion….. • Solution: mixed communities (organic eg buy to let, right to buy) and policies

  4. Why Mixed Communities? We know better what does not work: “Living in poverty is bad enough, but living in a poor community magnifies everything bad about being poor.” (Prof. Suzanne Fitzpatrick, University of York, JRF Centenary paper 2004)

  5. Concentrating Deprivation For the individual, it hugely magnifies : • Physical and mental health problems • Low educational achievement • Skills deficit and joblessness • Low self esteem, expectations and well being • The likelihood of offending and being a victim of crime

  6. Concentrating Deprivation Cities of neighbourhoods: • Stigma by postcode • Cycles of/intergenerational deprivation • Reinforces negative perceptions of societal norms • Creates a negative ‘neighbourhood effect’

  7. Concentrating Deprivation • Physical regeneration efforts are expensive and not sustainable (OECD) • ‘Social’ support and capacity building has little long term spatial effect Hardware and software are interdependent – having one without the other is useless….

  8. The Objective Proactive: 1.De-concentration of Deprivation 2.Aim for better socio economic balance in new communities: create neighbourhoods of choice and opportunity

  9. The Aims • Social – skills, education, capacity building • Economic – building a strong and sustainable micro economy • Physical – building housing and an environment which will attract those with choice

  10. Quality school provision (IPD value correlation) Quality and range of services – public, leisure, retail (IPD, CBI) Community safety - a ‘sense of the normative’ Transport infrastructure Public realm- aesthetics, kerb appeal (cabe, house mark) Broad range of quality, varied, interesting housing (MORI) How to attract those with Choice: We know what makes a community successful

  11. Public Policy Local Authority Statutory duty to endeavour to create socio-economically - as well as environmentally - sustainable communities?

  12. Julie CowansUrban Policy and Sustainable Communities Advisor

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