The renaissance of our citites has also lead to a crisis of space, with affordable housing in the heart deemed unviable, and heritage assets and green areas under threat. This is turn has caused a crisis of city communities. New architecture is ‘closed off’, space is unsuitable for families leading to population churn making community building difficult. There is an increasing polarisation of an urban elite and a precarious working class in space which fuels political divisions.

The ‘Urban Spring’ challenges that polarisation. It’s about developing strategic planning that delivers for everyone, empowering inner city community movements, finding financial solutions to saving heritage and increasing greenspace, and seeing affordable housing as integral to a city’s economic and social development.

Loz Kaye

Loz is a sought after media commentator, debater and campaigner.
His interest areas are surveillance, the digital economy, culture, city devolution, Nordic countries.

His media appearances and writing range from BBC radio and television, CNN, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Big Issue, Attitude, Wired to FHM.
His talk and debate credits include for the LSE, The Dublin Philosophical Society, The Adam Smith Institute, the Financial Times ‘Rethinking the Internet Conference’, Trinity College Engineering department, Discuss Manchester.

He leads on Open Intelligence Future Scoping and Media offers.