1st Edition
The Future of the City Centre Global Perspectives
Introduction
Bob Giddings and Robert J Rogerson
- The City Centre: Its Future Role and Significance
- Managing City Centre Change
- Newcastle upon Tyne UK
- Newcastle NSW Australia
- Pretoria-Tshwane South Africa
- João Pessoa Brazil
- Image and Visions
- Public Realm
- Social Change
- Economic Competitiveness
- Multi-level Governance
- Mobility, Movement and Access
- Culture and Heritage
- Innovation and Higher Education
- Conclusions and Future Scenarios
Robert J Rogerson and Bob Giddings
Robert J Rogerson
Bob Giddings, Sepideh Hajisoltani and James Charlton
Marcus Jefferies
Panteleo Rwelamila
Geovany Jessé Alexandre da Silva and Carlos Alejandro Nome
Jonathan Wallace
Julian Dobson
Nicola Bacon and Sepideh Hajisoltani
Florian Wiedmann, Sabena Thomas and Michael Peterek
Yingyin Wu and Andrew Lombardi
Tom van Vuren
Sandra Guinand and Robert J Rogerson
Kevin Kane, Robert J Rogerson and Bob Giddings
Bob Giddings and Robert J Rogerson
Biography
Bob Giddings is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has extensively researched the city, which included work for his doctorate – Towards the Urban Restoration of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has since published over 70 papers on architecture and urbanism and supervised 20 successful PhDs. Bob was the principal investigator on the Future of the City Centre project. Previously, he was one of the originators and associate director of the acclaimed Sustainable Cities Research Institute and has been Visiting Professor at two European university faculties of architecture.
Robert J Rogerson is Academic Director of the Institute for Future Cities at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Trained as a geographer, he has worked for more than 30 years with and for communities, seeking to improve their quality of life, making them more sustainable and resilient, and helping to create more inclusive cities. He was co-investigator on the Future of the City Centre project and is currently undertaking projects that enhance social connectedness. Robert has published extensively on sustainable communities and active citizenship and works with local authorities globally as well as the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to find innovative solutions to urban problems.
