Towards Successful Suburban Town Centres
A study of the relationship between morphology, sociability, economics and accessibility

Please note that this project has finished. The current project is Adaptable Suburbs.

Suburban Links with a direct relevance to the SSTC Project

Agencies
URBED
Sustainable Suburbs - research by the Civic Trust sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Academic Projects
Centre for Suburban Studies at the University of Kingston
EPSRC Suburban Solutions Project

Government Agencies
ODPM and Geofutures - Planning for a town centre? You need to know where it is

Broadcast media
Laurie Taylor talks suburbs with Dr Laura Vaughan on BBC Radio 4's 'Thinking Aloud' (download the broadcast)
'Clipping Our Wings' - an episode of BBC Radio 4's 'Analysis' series addressing the question of increased physical mobility (view transcript)

 

Project contacts: email: l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk - telephone: +44 (0)20 3108 9042 - general enquiries: contact us

EPSRC reference: EP/D06595X/1