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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Britain - Dr Hugh Ellis\, Town and Country Planning Ass
 ociation
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CONTACT:Clare Eaves
DESCRIPTION:Britain faces extraordinary challenges\, from housing and clim
 ate change to growing social inequality\, but as a nation it has no plan f
 or the future. Rebuilding Britain is a lecture which asks a simple questio
 n: how should Britain organise itself\, not just for survival\, but to bui
 ld a fairer and more sustainable society? During our grandparents’ lifet
 imes the question was not only asked\, discussed and imagined but also act
 ed on. Many of the institutions which now shape our lives are part of thei
 r legacy. Decent social housing replaced slum cities and health and educat
 ion were made available to all. In the 1940s in the aftermath of a catastr
 ophic war and as a bankrupt nation we managed to build over 30 new communi
 ties\, which still house over 2.5 million people today. We designated nati
 onal parks and transformed our infrastructure. We offered people a better 
 way of life and as a nation we shared a collective ambition to rebuild Bri
 tain. This lecture is inspired by that passionate ambition. It is inspired
  by the pioneers of the planning movement\, who did so much to reshape our
  society for the better. \n\n\nThe lecture is based on book of the same ti
 tle written by Hugh Ellis and Kate Henderson and published by Policy Press
 . ‘Rebuilding Britain’ is radical call for a new debate about our coll
 ective future.  It frames the scale of the challenge the nation faces and 
 drawing on past inspiration and international examples it seeks to challen
 ge the current deafening silence about the nation’s future.   Ultimately
  this book is about the disturbing possibility that we can do better.\n\n\
 nBiography\n\nHugh Ellis joined the Town and Country Planning Association 
 (TCPA) as Chief Planner in March 2009. He is responsible for leading the A
 ssociation’s efforts to shape and advocate planning policies that put so
 cial justice and the environment at the heart of the planning debate.\n\n\
 nPrior to this\, since 2000 Hugh had been National Planning Advisor to Fri
 ends of the Earth England\, Wales and Northern Ireland.  He holds a Diplom
 a in Town Planning\, a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Urban Studies an
 d a Doctorate in Land Use Planning from the University of Sheffield. After
  spending a number of years working for the Coalfield Planning Cooperative
  on community planning projects Hugh took up a teaching and research post 
 at the University of Sheffield\, where his key interests were sustainable 
 development and community participation.   \n\n\nHugh was closely involved
  in the passage of the 2004 and 2008 Planning Acts\, including providing e
 vidence to select committees and working closely with parliamentarians on 
 both the Commons and Lords committee stages of both Bills. He has delivere
 d parliamentary briefings on the Localism Bill and the Growth and Infrastr
 ucture Bill\, and provided evidence to the CLG and Environment Audit Selec
 t Committees on the National Planning Policy Framework.\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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