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Abstract
The town centre first principle in Scotland1 establishes a framework for conversation for possible futures of the biggest distributed urban structure in the country. Increasingly, living is being explored as a new future for old places. This paper explores the demand factors of choosing town centres as a place to live.
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Author's Biography
Ian Davison Porter is Director of Business Improvement Districts Scotland, a director with the Economic Development Association (Scotland) (EDAS), Vice Chair and a director of the Scotland’s Towns Partnership, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal. His early career was in retail, store development and redevelopment. Later he was part of the project and management team of a multi-million-pound town centre shopping centre refurbishment and rebuild, part of a wider public and private sector partnership urban regeneration programme. His career took him to town centres across the UK. He joined Town Centres Initiative Limited in West Dunbartonshire before joining the Scottish Government to lead the BIDs programme in April 2006. Improvement Districts Scotland Limited (trading as BIDs Scotland) was incorporated in 2009 and is the national organisation and voice for BIDs in Scotland.
Diarmaid Lawlor is Director of Place with Architecture and Design Scotland. An urbanist, with a multi-disciplinary background, he has almost 20 years’ experience of helping clients make well-informed decisions about complex, connected urban policy and investment challenges. He is an educator, communicator and collaborator who writes and speaks on creative approaches to making better places.