Marion Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 5225959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marion Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marion |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0194-3513 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1932 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Repair as Stitching: On Hope and Reimagination in Gaza
By drawing on the work of the Architects for Gaza collective, this article offers a critical examination of the notion of repair within the fractured context of Gaza, a city that has endured repeated cycles of destruction and systematic erasure. The recurrent violence enacted on this geography has been integral to the tactical denial of the Gazans’ right to home, street, and neighborhood, as a part of the broader colonial project aimed at dismant…
Community Perspectives on Northern Remoteness and Child Welfare
The objective of the community consultations was to ensure that the voices of the communities were heard in planning how to use any increase in funding associated with remoteness. Every community requires a detailed accounting of services that are being provided and services that will be needed to ensure that children have the opportunity to reach their full potential within their own communities. The community factors affecting the well-being of…
Commentary in reply to Cuthbert and Suartika
In the not-so-distant past, it was fashionable to talk about the ‘post politics’ era. Then, Western Europeans still enjoyed some form of social democratic contract with their governments, the Vietn
Night-time and strategies for regeneration in two medium-sized town centres
This paper examines the regeneration proposals for two town centres in medium-sized towns in the north of England through the lens of urban design and nocturnal activities. Drawing from the field of night studies, it questions whether the hours of darkness have been included in the proposals and compares the extent to which findings and practical guidance from this emergent crossdisciplinary area of interest have been interpreted and incorporated…
Gender-sensitive spatial development in an era of neo-liberalism: Co-option and oppositions
The persistence of gender inequalities has stimulated a renewed interest in feminist ideas. Running alongside the UK’s adoption of the gender equality duty, its planning system has gradually been co-opted as tool for neo-liberal spatial governance. While neo-liberalism extends and deepens inequalities and feminism seeks to eradicate them, there are aspects of feminist ideas which have been taken up by neo-liberalism. This article critically exami…
Midlife, diversification, and inclusive town centres at night
Changing places: The science and art of new urban planning , by John MacDonald, Charles Branas, and Robert Stokes
Changing places: The science and art of new urban planning, by John MacDonald, Charles Branas, and Robert Stokes." Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(9), pp. 1377–1378
A big night out’: Young people’s drinking, social practice and spatial experience in the ‘liminoid’ zones of English night-time cities
This paper frames the debate on ‘binge’ drinking amongst young people within the perspectives of materialism and cultural geography. Drawing on the concept of social practice as interpreted through the perspective of urban design, the research investigated spatial variations in youth drinking using a case study approach to examine two urban areas in England. The study confirmed that the social practice of the ‘big night out’ has become an establi…
Planning, urban design and the night-time city: Still at the margins
The planning system was constrained by a neo-liberalist insistence on land-use planning in the 1980s and early 1990s, thereby providing the institutional framework for deregulation of the numbers, capacities and types of licensed premises in town and city centres. This had a direct impact on levels of crime, violence and anti-social behaviour. Criminologists have criticized planners for their complicity in this process. The article argues that en…
A comfortable night out? Alcohol, drunkenness and inclusive town centres
The Licensing Act (2003) was enacted in England and Wales against the backdrop of media concern about ‘binge Britain’ and violent town centres avoided by ‘social drinkers’. This paper responds to these concerns by asking how to create more inclusive urban centres at night. Findings from focus groups found it was not alcohol consumption or a reluctance to partake in urban life that was detracting residents. Using the notion of ‘comfort’, the paper…
Quieter, Safer, Cheaper: Planning for a more inclusive evening and night-time economy
The article reflects on planning for a more inclusive evening and night-time economy. The section focused on town and city centers in the evening and later into the night. It discusses the issues of lack of participation of certain groups within the population in entertainment and cultural activities
From ‘creative city’ to ‘no-go areas’ – The expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres
A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol-related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals
Attempts to revitalise the centres of British towns and cities in the 1990s drew on the concept of the 24-hour city and, by extension, into liquor licensing reform. The protagonists for the 24-hour city, and many magistrates and local authorities, assumed that a relaxation of British licensing laws would bring about a more civilised mode of alcohol consumption and deliver a 'continental ambience' to urban life that would extend into the night. Th…
Alban and St. Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology . Martin Henig , Phillip Lindley
Marketing local identity
This paper reports on a research project into city identity, city marketing and the implications for urban design. Identity can refer to those aspects which make a place identifiable, or unique but can also refer to the way individuals or groups identify with a place. A common view today is that uniform concepts of planning and development together with the ‘commodification’ of places has led to the loss of localized identity. However, it now app…
Future Cities, Past Lives: Gender and Nostalgia in Three Contemporary Planning Visions
For Art's Sake: Public art, planning policies and the benefits for commercial property
(1995). For Art's Sake: Public art, planning policies and the benefits for commercial property. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 189-198
Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design
I: Women as Homemakers II: Women Workers and the Domestic Ideal: A Woman's Home is her Factory: We Saw It as a Dream: A Respectable Life: From There to Here
Rumania To-Day
Contemporary Roumania and Her Problems; A Study in Modern Nationalism
From ‘creative city’ to ‘no-go areas’ – The expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres
A big night out’: Young people’s drinking, social practice and spatial experience in the ‘liminoid’ zones of English night-time cities
This paper frames the debate on ‘binge’ drinking amongst young people within the perspectives of materialism and cultural geography. Drawing on the concept of social practice as interpreted through the perspective of urban design, the research investigated spatial variations in youth drinking using a case study approach to examine two urban areas in England. The study confirmed that the social practice of the ‘big night out’ has become an establi…
A comfortable night out? Alcohol, drunkenness and inclusive town centres
The Licensing Act (2003) was enacted in England and Wales against the backdrop of media concern about ‘binge Britain’ and violent town centres avoided by ‘social drinkers’. This paper responds to these concerns by asking how to create more inclusive urban centres at night. Findings from focus groups found it was not alcohol consumption or a reluctance to partake in urban life that was detracting residents. Using the notion of ‘comfort’, the paper…
A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol-related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals
Attempts to revitalise the centres of British towns and cities in the 1990s drew on the concept of the 24-hour city and, by extension, into liquor licensing reform. The protagonists for the 24-hour city, and many magistrates and local authorities, assumed that a relaxation of British licensing laws would bring about a more civilised mode of alcohol consumption and deliver a 'continental ambience' to urban life that would extend into the night. Th…
Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design
I: Women as Homemakers II: Women Workers and the Domestic Ideal: A Woman's Home is her Factory: We Saw It as a Dream: A Respectable Life: From There to Here
Planning, urban design and the night-time city: Still at the margins
The planning system was constrained by a neo-liberalist insistence on land-use planning in the 1980s and early 1990s, thereby providing the institutional framework for deregulation of the numbers, capacities and types of licensed premises in town and city centres. This had a direct impact on levels of crime, violence and anti-social behaviour. Criminologists have criticized planners for their complicity in this process. The article argues that en…
Contemporary Roumania and Her Problems; A Study in Modern Nationalism
Rumania To-Day
Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design
I: Women as Homemakers II: Women Workers and the Domestic Ideal: A Woman's Home is her Factory: We Saw It as a Dream: A Respectable Life: From There to Here
For Art's Sake: Public art, planning policies and the benefits for commercial property
(1995). For Art's Sake: Public art, planning policies and the benefits for commercial property. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 189-198
Marketing local identity
This paper reports on a research project into city identity, city marketing and the implications for urban design. Identity can refer to those aspects which make a place identifiable, or unique but can also refer to the way individuals or groups identify with a place. A common view today is that uniform concepts of planning and development together with the ‘commodification’ of places has led to the loss of localized identity. However, it now app…
Future Cities, Past Lives: Gender and Nostalgia in Three Contemporary Planning Visions
Alban and St. Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology . Martin Henig , Phillip Lindley
From ‘creative city’ to ‘no-go areas’ – The expansion of the night-time economy in British town and city centres
A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol-related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals
Attempts to revitalise the centres of British towns and cities in the 1990s drew on the concept of the 24-hour city and, by extension, into liquor licensing reform. The protagonists for the 24-hour city, and many magistrates and local authorities, assumed that a relaxation of British licensing laws would bring about a more civilised mode of alcohol consumption and deliver a 'continental ambience' to urban life that would extend into the night. Th…
Quieter, Safer, Cheaper: Planning for a more inclusive evening and night-time economy
The article reflects on planning for a more inclusive evening and night-time economy. The section focused on town and city centers in the evening and later into the night. It discusses the issues of lack of participation of certain groups within the population in entertainment and cultural activities
A comfortable night out? Alcohol, drunkenness and inclusive town centres
The Licensing Act (2003) was enacted in England and Wales against the backdrop of media concern about ‘binge Britain’ and violent town centres avoided by ‘social drinkers’. This paper responds to these concerns by asking how to create more inclusive urban centres at night. Findings from focus groups found it was not alcohol consumption or a reluctance to partake in urban life that was detracting residents. Using the notion of ‘comfort’, the paper…
Planning, urban design and the night-time city: Still at the margins
The planning system was constrained by a neo-liberalist insistence on land-use planning in the 1980s and early 1990s, thereby providing the institutional framework for deregulation of the numbers, capacities and types of licensed premises in town and city centres. This had a direct impact on levels of crime, violence and anti-social behaviour. Criminologists have criticized planners for their complicity in this process. The article argues that en…
A big night out’: Young people’s drinking, social practice and spatial experience in the ‘liminoid’ zones of English night-time cities
This paper frames the debate on ‘binge’ drinking amongst young people within the perspectives of materialism and cultural geography. Drawing on the concept of social practice as interpreted through the perspective of urban design, the research investigated spatial variations in youth drinking using a case study approach to examine two urban areas in England. The study confirmed that the social practice of the ‘big night out’ has become an establi…
Changing places: The science and art of new urban planning , by John MacDonald, Charles Branas, and Robert Stokes
Changing places: The science and art of new urban planning, by John MacDonald, Charles Branas, and Robert Stokes." Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(9), pp. 1377–1378
Gender-sensitive spatial development in an era of neo-liberalism: Co-option and oppositions
The persistence of gender inequalities has stimulated a renewed interest in feminist ideas. Running alongside the UK’s adoption of the gender equality duty, its planning system has gradually been co-opted as tool for neo-liberal spatial governance. While neo-liberalism extends and deepens inequalities and feminism seeks to eradicate them, there are aspects of feminist ideas which have been taken up by neo-liberalism. This article critically exami…
Midlife, diversification, and inclusive town centres at night
Night-time and strategies for regeneration in two medium-sized town centres
This paper examines the regeneration proposals for two town centres in medium-sized towns in the north of England through the lens of urban design and nocturnal activities. Drawing from the field of night studies, it questions whether the hours of darkness have been included in the proposals and compares the extent to which findings and practical guidance from this emergent crossdisciplinary area of interest have been interpreted and incorporated…
Commentary in reply to Cuthbert and Suartika
In the not-so-distant past, it was fashionable to talk about the ‘post politics’ era. Then, Western Europeans still enjoyed some form of social democratic contract with their governments, the Vietn
Repair as Stitching: On Hope and Reimagination in Gaza
By drawing on the work of the Architects for Gaza collective, this article offers a critical examination of the notion of repair within the fractured context of Gaza, a city that has endured repeated cycles of destruction and systematic erasure. The recurrent violence enacted on this geography has been integral to the tactical denial of the Gazans’ right to home, street, and neighborhood, as a part of the broader colonial project aimed at dismant…
Community Perspectives on Northern Remoteness and Child Welfare
The objective of the community consultations was to ensure that the voices of the communities were heard in planning how to use any increase in funding associated with remoteness. Every community requires a detailed accounting of services that are being provided and services that will be needed to ensure that children have the opportunity to reach their full potential within their own communities. The community factors affecting the well-being of…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Night-time city culture (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (4 works)