Census and Population Change-Impact on Planning, Land Use and the Environment Conference
This TWRI Policy and Research Conference was held at St William’s College, York on Friday 18th October 2013, 10.00 a.m – 4.30 p.m.
The Conference was chaired by Professor Alan Townsend (MRTPI, FeRSA). It focused on demographic change and its implications for planning, land use and the environment. The Conference featured presentations from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), government departments and agencies, local authorities, utilities, academics and TWRI Policy and Research.
The Conference gave attendees an opportunity to engage with presenters, exhibitors and other delegates.
The conference was aimed at government departments and agencies, local authorities, utilities, academics, practitioners and policy makers in housing, planning, regeneration, environment and climate change across the public and private sectors.
The Conference was sponsored by Northern Powergrid.
Final Programme
9.15: Registration and refreshments
10.00: Welcome by Dr Kadhem Jallab (TWRI P&R),
Introduction by Conference Chair, Professor Alan Townsend (MRTPI, FeRSA)
10.10: 2011 Census: a rich vein of data to enable informed planning
Garnett Compton (Head of 2011 Census Quality, Outputs and Dissemination, ONS)
10.45: Census analysis
Jon Gough (Head of Census Analysis, ONS)
11.20: Q & A
11.30: Break with refreshments
11.45: Changing patterns of migration: looking back and looking forward
Professor Tony Champion (CURDS, Newcastle University)
12.05: Census based population and household projections to 2036 at Regional and Local Authority level
Kadhem Jallab (TWRI P&R)
12.25: Is urban living environmentally sustainable? Perspectives from demography and
consumption
Dr Emma Terama (UCL)
12.50: Q&A
1.00: Lunch
2.00: Housing demand and need in England 2011 to 2031
Professor Christine Whitehead (LSE and CCHPR University of Cambridge)
2.30: Interaction between socio-economic changes and planning policy on climate
risks in cities
Alistair Ford (Newcastle University)
3.00: Electricity load forecasting: past and future
Iain Miller (Head of System and Design, Northern Power Grid)
3.20: Q&A
3.30: Break with refreshments
3.45: The use of population scenarios in cross-authority plan-making
Richard Cooper (MRTPI)
4.15: Q&A
4.30: Close, by Chair