Who is currently engaged with neighbourhood governance (in terms of demographics) and what are the gaps, patterns, trends, needs and preferences of different groups?

Background

Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

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    The project partially answers the question by providing information on neighbourhood working and knowing, but does not address the demographics or gaps, patterns, trends, needs, and preferences of different groups.

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by discussing localism and connected neighbourhood planning, but does not address the demographics or gaps, patterns, trends, needs, and preferences of different groups.

  • Experiments in democracy: Knowing, caring and acting in neighbourhood planning and beyond

    Land use planning is one of the most controversial aspects of local life, generating more political heat than almost any other local policy issue. The new UK Government intends to publish White Papers on planning and dev...

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by examining experiments in democracy and neighbourhood planning, but does not address the demographics or gaps, patterns, trends, needs, and preferences of different groups.

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    If the link between inequalities and declining levels of trust in the political institutions of democracy in Europe has already been shown, the various ways in which both citizens and institutions are trying to face thes...

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  • Law, Localism & Governance

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