School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Dr Rachael Unsworth's research interests focus on urban environments and processes of change, with particular interest in the following areas: how settlement development is related to social, cultural, economic, technological and political change; the role of urban planning and management and of property markets in shaping the urban landscape - past, present and future; changing approaches to managing urban environments - integration of social, economic and environmental issues, including climate change and resource constraints; citizen participation in urban change; sustainable communities.

Special focus on the development of Leeds, particularly city living, the office sector, cultural policy and activities, urban design/place making, inner city development; Leeds in the city region.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Paper on academic involvement in policy and practice.
• Research on Communities in Crisis - AHRC project.
• Research on the future of city living in Leeds.

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

• Cities and Social Justice

PUBLICATIONS

• Unsworth, R., Ball, S., Bauman, I., Chatterton, P., Goldring, A., Hill, K. and Julier, G. (2011) Building resilience and well-being in the margins within the city, City 15: 181-203.
• Unsworth, R. (2010) City living beyond the boom: Leeds survey 2010 – a collaboration with five firms of agents in the city. [PDF]
• Unsworth, R. and Smales, L. (2010) Leeds: shaping change and guiding success, in Punter, J. (ed.) Urban design and the British urban renaissance, Routledge, London, pp.68-84.
• Unsworth, R. and Stillwell, J. (2004) 'Twenty-first century Leeds: geographies of a regional city' Leeds University Press

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