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Creating sustainable communities Public policy and academic research CCSR one day conference, 23 June 1999, at Manchester Dental School. Government policy is increasingly concerned with the sustainability or viability of the poorest communities. This is reflected in the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal. This one-day conference will focus on practical issues around the concept of community sustainability and its measurement; policies to tackle problems of neighbourhood disintegration and how research can inform policy making at a national and local level. Keynote speaker on the issue of community sustainability - Professor Anne Power, London School of Economics The conference will be organised around the following themes: Understanding and measuring sustainability The Policy Agenda, including perspectives from the grassroots, local and central government and Europe Neighbourhood problems and solutions, including employment, health, financial exclusion Speakers will include: Brian Robson, Hugh Barton, Mike Noble, Bruce Penhale, Dave Butler, Ian Woodward, Tom Russell, Rowland Atkinson, Jamie Peck, Duncan Fuller and others For further details and booking form, see our Web site http://les.man.ac.uk/ccsr ====================================================================== Ruth Durrell Administrator The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) Faculty of Economic and Social Studies University of Manchester MANCHESTER M13 9PL Tel: 0161 275 4721; Fax: 0161 275 4722; Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://les.man.ac.uk/ccsr ====================================================================== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%