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In Praise of Modern Dundee
"Dundee is setting the pace on new
forms of economic activity from which
other cities can be expected to learn"-
Professor Greg Lloyd, head of the
School of Town and Regional Planning
whose research on regeneration in
Dundee, America and Europe has been
in wide demand. Professor Lloyd has
argued Dundee’s position on TV, radio
and in the press, highlighting the city’s
innovations, achievements and
diversifications which are contributing
to its new identity and attracting
inward investment.
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Tayside Institute of Child Health (TICH)
"Tayside Institute of Child
Health is an example of
what can be achieved
when the NHS and
University work towards
a common aim." These
are the words of its
instigator, Professor
Richard Olver.
TICH has provided a
stimulus for further
research into conditions
which annually claim
the lives of thousands
of infants.
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Campus Plan
Sir Patrick Geddes, the
father of town planning,
and one of the Victorian
age’s futuristic thinkers,
continues to influence his
old university who are
currently forging a new
campus plan along his
philosophical lines, with a
mind to integrating
buildings and the natural
environment.
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Scotland's Water
When flooding occurs the
media regularly turn to
Professor Alan Werritty,
Geography, for an
explanation. An
acknowledged expert on
hydrology he emphasises
the complex interactions
that affect rainfall not just
the highly-publicised ‘global
warming’. Changes in the
level of water supply will
impact on many aspects of
life e.g. land-use, electricity
generation, public water
supply and leisure pursuits.
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In Praise of ‘Old’ Dundee
Professor of Scottish History,
Chris Whatley and his
interdisciplinary team including
art and architectural historians,
have produced a radical
re-assessment of Victorian
Dundee. The hackneyed
images of Dundee as a
depressed industrial city are
challenged. The quality of its
public buildings indicate an
ambitious middle class in a
community bound together by
a strong sense of
civic pride.
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