Professor Marion Roberts (University of Westminster, UK) gives a lecture

Night-time Economy of Cities: Lessons from the British Experience

Time: 31.10.2007 at 14-16

Place: Jugend-hall, City of Helsinki, Pohjoisesplanadi 19

Organisers: City of Helsinki, Urban Studies cooperation project of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, and Graduate School "Housing in Transition"

Welcome!

Marion Roberts is Professor of Urban Design at the University of Westminster. She is qualified as an architect and has a PhD. Her most recent research projects have been on the topic of the night-time economy, mixed-use streets and mixed income communities. She has specialist expertise on the night-time economy and has led a number of research projects on the topic. The research projects capture the voices of all the stakeholders in the night-time economy, including residents and consumers, and focus on the urban environment, planning, management and culture in the context of rapid expansion of night-life.

Currently she is writing a book entitled “Planning the Night-time City” to be published by Routledge. Recent publications include:

2007 (in production) Quieter, Safer, Cheaper? Planning for More Inclusive Town Centres at Night Planning Practice and Research (with A. Eldridge)

2007 The Night-Time Economy and Sustainable City Centres: Dilemmas for Local Government International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2(2), pp.1-19 (with G. Gornostaeva)

2006 From ‘creative city’ to no-go areas- the expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres’ Cities 23 (5), pp.331-338

2006 A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol Related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals, Urban Studies, 43 (7), pp.1105-1125, with C. Turner, S. Greenfield & G. Osborn.

2005 Conflicts of liveability in the 24-hour city: Learning from 48 hours in the life of London’s Soho Journal of Urban Design, 10, (2) pp.171-193 (with C. Turner).