Comments on: Cities outlook 2010: the seaside http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/ A blog on tourism, events, regeneration and economic development Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A slight delay…. « Social seaside http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-306 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:46:33 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-306 [...] released for seaside regeneration in the dying days of the New Labour project.  Hastings, which I have blogged about elsewhere, has already lost £300,000 of funding that it expected to direct to renewal projects this [...]

]]> By: chi http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-282 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:33:25 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-282 that is surprising!

]]> By: James Kennell http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-281 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:06:52 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-281 interestingly for this discussion, the Office For National Statistics categorise Brighton / Worthing / Littlehampton as a single urban area, with a population of 461,181. This makes it the largest urban area in the coastal south east, covering 4 separate local authority districts.

]]> By: chi http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-268 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:04:27 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-268 The problem with the umbrella analysis in the common grounds of ‘social unity’ is the temptation not to acknowledge glaring disparities on a micro level.

]]> By: wesleyrykalski http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-267 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:56:41 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-267 I do not deny the cultural distinctiveness of the various elements of the sussex coast conurbation but in various social ways there is a unity. This is not a case of ‘either or’ but of ‘and both’.

]]> By: chi http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-266 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:11:21 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-266 Brighton is separate.

Brighton exists in a micro-socio-cultural and economic bubble inflated by the collective dreams, vision and talent of the separate individual cultural migrants who have fled here from anywhere else.

Separation is the ironic epicentre of the Brighton paradox; a city which separates itself from its closest neighbours by striving to be unashamedly inclusive.

While it might be correct to categorise Brighton along with its neighbours on the costal railway line in terms of core social issues, it is misleading to not recognise its uniqueness.

]]> By: wesleyrykalski http://jameskennell.com/2010/02/08/cities-outlook-2010-the-seaside/#comment-262 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:57:14 +0000 http://jameskennell.com/?p=410#comment-262 Is ‘brighton’ a useful category for this kind of analysis?
It is quite obvious that the entire conurbation from Littlehampton to Brighton via Worthing & Shoreham is integrated (at least via the sussex coast rail line) into one unit for several social issues.
Brighton is by far and the most important and significant part of this conurbation but i’m not sure its separable at that level.

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