Geoff was delighted to start the first lecturing of the year in the Urban Land Governance Specialization at the The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam!
Geoff has also been invited to give lectures on land tenure and property rights during the next month at the universities of Cambridge, London and Westminster!
Geoff contributed the article ‘Owning up: What price home ownership?’ to the December 2008 issue of Housing Finance International journal. The editor has kindly agreed that it can be downloaded free of charge and Geoff is happy to recommend the journal. Click here to see the article!
Geoff has been in Istanbul for the Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) in early October 2019! He has given 2 presentations during the sessions called “The legacy of HABITAT conferences: From HABITAT I-III” and “Housing quality and affordability in different geographies”. Please click on the records below to listen to his speeches.
Geoff is giving his presentation called “Finding Somewhere to Live: The global affordability crisis”
Geoff is with Prof. Han Verschure and GPA Associate Cemre Şahinkaya
Geoff is glad to share his articles in the UK LEGEND’s Land Policy Bulletin from 2016!
Geoff with his glider on the last day of the annual Dunstable Regionals gliding competition at London Gliding Club!
Funny what one finds when checking through old files. Geoff came across an interview about his career and interests as part of an exhibition being organised in 2015 by a German organisation. The recording is not very good, but there is a transcript.
Geoff recently received a copy of a paper he wrote in 1989 for a conference on ‘Cities and People: Can we plan the future?’ organised by the Development Planning Unit at University College London!
Since the conference was held exactly thirty years ago, we are now living in that future. However, to what extent can we consider that planning has succeeded in its social objectives?
Please see the article here, we are looking forward to hearing your comments!
We are happy to share the transcript of a BBC television interview Geoff gave on the day in February 2008 that the UN announced that the world was more than 50 percent urban!*
Enjoy listening while thinking how rapid the world is urbanizing!
*According to the World Bank, the rate has reached to 55 percent in 2018.
A group picture after Geoff’s lectures were over at Darmstadt!