Author Archives: Geoff Payne
Geoff’s N-AERUS Conference in Kassel, Germany
Geoff was invited to present a keynote presentation at the 21st N-AERUS conference held at the University of Kassel, Germany between 27-29 October, 2022. The event was organised jointly with the University of Khulna, Bangladesh on a hybrid basis and included presentations by a diverse range of speakers. Some participants also obtained copies of Geoff’s book.
Guest editing by Geoff: the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
Geoff is proud to announce that the special issue of the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development that he guest edited is now available for free download. The special issue is entitled: Improving urban social and environmental sustainability and can be accessed at the following link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjue20/14/1 Just scroll down to the Introduction by Geoff and the […]
Geoff’s Blog on the UK housing crisis
The Royal Society of Arts has published Geoff’s blog on the UK housing crisis: The crazy dream of the UK’s ‘property owning democracy‘. Please click here to read it!
Geoff’s Book Launch Record: ‘Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge’
‘Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge’ was launched on 30th May 2022 at an event kindly hosted by the Development Planning Unit, University College London, organised by Professor Colin Marx and Alexander MacFarlane. The sound recording can be accessed by clicking here and for the video record please click here.
‘Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge’
Why is it that despite decades of economic growth, it is becoming harder to find somewhere to live that is decent and affordable? ‘Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge’ explains the causes of the problem – and what needs to be done to resolve it. It is written in a […]
NEW BOOK Announcement!
Geoff is proud to announce that his new book ‘Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge’ is launched today! The book provides an in-depth analysis of the current challenges in countries at all levels of social and economic development and provides examples of different approaches that can reduce inequality and […]
Geoff’s interview at the Goldster Book Club
Geoff was interviewed by the BBC correspondent and thriller writer Humphrey Hawksley, about his new book ‘Somewhere to Live’ that will be published on 15 March. The interview was part of the Goldster Book Club https://www.goldster.co.uk/book-club events and can be seen by clicking on the following link: https://youtu.be/SCbJd4_t91I
Geoff is at the Norwegian Urban Conference
Geoff was invited to provide some comments at the Norwegian Urban Conference following the showing of a film about the barriadas of Lima, made in the 1960s by John F C Turner and a follow-up film made recently by Professor Kathrin Golda-Pongratz. Geoff offered some comments on the impact that John Turner’s ideas have had […]
Save the date: 7th of October 2021
We are looking forward to having you all join us for Habitat in Towns 2021 during the Collaborative Solutions for Inclusive Housing session on October 7th from 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm (Toronto Time). Please find attached an updated agenda for your session. I also encourage you to view the session webpage to learn more about the […]