In Episode 18 of Placecast, Nicola Headlam interviews Professor Calvin Jones, a LPIP Hub Place Fellow working on sustainability and regional economics in Wales. The discussion explores how devolved governance in Wales is evolving, particularly in areas such as fiscal powers, wellbeing policy, and green transition. Cavlin argues that traditional growth-led economic models are failing … Continue reading “Placecast Episode 18: Community-Driven Economic Growth in Wales”
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Green and Pleasant Land? Rural Resilience in the Welsh Marches
Rural areas face a set of urgent and existential challenges. These will bite hard along the ancient boundary between Wales and England. “The bourgeoisie has subjected the countryside to the domination of city. It has built enormous cities; it has greatly increased the urban population relative to the rural, and has thus wrested a considerable … Continue reading “Green and Pleasant Land? Rural Resilience in the Welsh Marches”