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Report

What makes inclusive communities? Meanings, tensions, change needed


The Planning Inclusive Communities (PIC) project stems from research on mobility, participation, and the diverse experience of everyday life in the planned and designed city centres, towns and neighbourhoods of Australia. This report presents the thoughts, experiences, and ideas of 97 participants on what makes communities inclusive, their current experiences of living in their communities...
Working paper

Distributional effects of urban transport policies to discourage car use: a literature review


This paper takes stock of scientific findings to date regarding the distributional effects of policies discouraging car use in urban areas. These policies include cordon tolls, distance-based charges, fuel taxes, parking measures and public transport subsidies.
Briefing paper

Review refresh: places, spaces and social connections


This briefing paper explains the research behind the What Works Centre for Wellbeing's recent refresh of a review examining the changes made to community places and spaces that are designed to boost social relations and individual and community wellbeing.
Technical report

Systematic review of community infrastructure (place and space) to boost social relations and community wellbeing: five year refresh

Rebecca Jones, Andy Pennington, Jane South, Rhiannon Corcoran

The research outlined in this report was conducted by Leeds Beckett University and the University of Liverpool during 2022, in response to a brief from What Works Centre for Wellbeing. The report explores the extent to which we can better identify what works in changing community infrastructure and improving wellbeing.
Discussion paper

Planning deregulation, housing supply and affordability: what if land markets are monopolies?


The aim of this discussion paper is to clarify and communicate the current debate and scholarship on planning deregulation, particularly rezoning, as the policy solution to housing affordability.