SOCIAL STRATEGY & URBAN REGENERATION

The impact of new technology, changing living and working patterns and new methods of financing infrastructure and social systems are just a few of the forces leading to new thinking in this area. By focusing on the major developments in Europe, the Europe Japan Centre has built up a core of knowledge relating to key issues such as Private Finance Initiatives and Public Private Partnerships, venture capital provision, Intelligent Transport Systems, road funding, new telecommunications systems and cyber-infrastructure.

• Research topics have included identification of successful initiatives, analyses of new funding methods, case studies and the arrangement of site visits in the UK, continental Europe and the USA.

Recent research programmes include:

• Barrier-free societies in the US and Europe
• City infrastructure in Milan and Paris
• Private-sector support companies in the UK
• Meetings to innovative housing developments in France and Italy
• Meetings with local authorities responsible for urban regeneration in Germany, Greece and Portugal
• Pension systems in the UK, France, Germany and Sweden
• Corporate Social Responsibility of a leading mobile phone company