BEGINS the event blurb: “Over the last ten years, high-rise housing developments have cropped up in cities across the UK, especially London and Manchester.
“The vertical reconfiguration of urban form in this way is emerging as one of numerous ways to increase and intensify the supply of housing.
“Yet, high-rise housing can have profound and potentially long-term socio-spatial implications for residents and surrounding neighbourhoods.”
This event marks the launch of a report on the subject of high rises.