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Tag Archives: Garden Cities
Retrofitting suburbia
Retrofitting suburbia by Charlotte Allen A recent session of the SSM Reading Group discussed two articles by the Australian author and permaculture pioneer David Holmgren: ‘Retrofitting the suburbs’ 1and ‘A History from the future’2. Although we were a small group, … Continue reading
Posted in energy, event reports, Greater Manchester, land use, re-localisation
Tagged David Holmgren, energy, energy descent, food, Garden Cities, Greater Manchester, permaculture, retrosuburbia, spatial
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We need a A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework
A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework for a Viable Greater Manchester. update: 3 July, 2018: Indeed, as anticipated, the new draft has been delayed again to accommodate the new population projections from the Office of National Statistics. These project 9.37% population growth … Continue reading
Greater Manchester: Towards a retrofit Garden City?
Greater Manchester: Towards a retrofit Garden City? We have been critical of recent plans in Greater Manchester1 but what might a better approach look like? At our latest conversation event we considered the idea of making the city region more … Continue reading
Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative?
Conversation event: Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative? Thursday 2 March, 6.30pm, Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester. Book via EventBrite We’ll be showing Tom Bliss’s film that reviewed the Garden City concept and suggested applying it retrospectively … Continue reading
Posted in cities, environment, events, key concepts
Tagged alternative vision, bioregion, city region, Garden Cities, Greater Manchester, Urbal
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