Blogs and small towns work

Blogs and small towns work for Built Environment Forum Scotland, 2011-14

The Civic Use of Heritage Assets

My blog published on the website of the Built Environment Forum Scotland on 1 December 2015 arges that the "hollowing out" of local government has seriously diminished the capacity to cherish the historic environment as a civic asset.Click here to read the blog.

Community involvement in valuing and managing historic buildings and sites

Community involvement in valuing and managing historic buildings and sites http://www.befs.org.uk/news/100/49/Community-involvement-in-valuing-and-managing-historic-buildings-and-sites/d,Blog 30 January 2014.

Why do we need to mainstream the historic environment?

Why do we need to mainstream the historic environment? http://www.befs.org.uk/news/84/49/Why-do-we-need-to-mainstream-the-historic-environment/d,Blog 25 November 2013

Benchmarking Towns

Benchmarking Towns http://www.befs.org.uk/news/81/49/Benchmarking-Towns/d,Blog 6 November 2013

A Town, not just a strip

A Town, not just a strip http://www.befs.org.uk/news/75/49/A-town-not-just-a-strip/d,Blog 16 July 2013

Turning NTS around

Turning NTS around http://www.befs.org.uk/news/68/49/Turning-NTS-around/d,Blog 20 June 2013

Scotland’s Living Heritage(s)

Scotland’s Living Heritage(s): A global perspective http://www.befs.org.uk/news/66/49/Scotland-s-Living-Heritage-s-A-Global-Perspective/d,Blog 4 June 2013

Infrastructure Investment

Infrastructure Investment: truths and myths http://www.befs.org.uk/news/65/49/Infrastructure-investment-Truths-and-Myths/d,Blog 4 June 2013

Harpurhey

Harpurhey http://www.befs.org.uk/news/50/49/Harpurhey/d,Blog 28 February 2013

Conserving traditional buildings in rural Turkey

Conserving traditional buildings in rural Turkey http://www.befs.org.uk/news/49/49/Conserving-Traditional-Buildings-in-Rural-Turkey/d,Blog 19 February 2013

Using design to promote tourism

Using design to promote tourism http://www.befs.org.uk/news/48/49/Using-Design-to-Promote-Tourism/d,Blog

Care and repair of citie

Care and repair of cities – David Mackay’s Molendinar Lecture, 10 January 2013 http://www.befs.org.uk/news/42/49/Care-and-repair-of-cities-David-Mackay-s-Molendinar-Lecture-10-January-2013/d,Blog 24 January 2013

European connections – Europa Nostra

European connections – Europa Nostra http://www.befs.org.uk/news/21/50/European-connections---Europa-Nostra 28 June 2012

Putting people at the heart of places

Putting people at the heart of places http://www.befs.org.uk/news/12/49/Putting-People-at-the-Heart-of-Places/d,Blog 4 April 2012

A vision for BEFS

A vision for BEFS http://www.befs.org.uk/news/15/49/A-Vision-for-BEFS/d,Blog 11 September 2011

Small Towns Reports

Comparing Scotland's towns

This morning I attended the launch of a new open-access web tool that lets you analyse and compare towns in Scotland. It is easy to use and has great potential. Understanding Scottish Places (USP) is designed for use by both professionals and citizens. it covers the 479 places in Scotland with populations of 1000 or more, and has data on demography, education and health, employment and retail provision. It also provides measures of how far a town is self-sufficient, inter-dependent with other towns for jobs and services, or dependent on accessing such things from elsewhere.