Ian Abley

Project manager for audacity, Research Engineer at the Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering, Loughborough University, co-author of Why is construction so backward? (2004) and co-editor of Manmade Modular Megastructures (2006)

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e-mail: abley@audacity.org

17.30 on Saturday 19 May 2007 - and very briefly to close

Where to for Audacity International 2008?

Summary

More to follow shortly...

My attempt to engage with Ed Balls, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and Ed's wife, Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing and Planning, has so far not resulted in a response. Maybe there will be more to report by next year. Both Ed and Yvette are keeping their heads down until after Chancellor Gordon Brown is upgraded to Prime Minister.

Where to for Audacity International 2008?

More to follow shortly...

What priorities do we want reflected in land use planning?

Has the notion of a distinct town and country become unsustainable?

Can planners reconcile government policies with where and how people actually want to live?

Is it justified to describe policies based on constraining building activity as "planning"?

Introduction

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