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Gang labour in UK; Industrial ruination

Laurie Taylor discusses a ground-breaking study of urban decline in three different communities. Also, the rise of gang labour in the UK.

Industrial Ruination - the landscapes and legacies of post Industrial decline. Laurie Taylor talks to Alice Mah about her comparative study into urban dereliction in 3 contrasting contexts - Newcastle, Uk; Niagara Falls, Canada; and Ivanova, Russia. Also, the geographer, Kendra Strauss, discusses her research into the origins and rise of gang labour in the UK. She's joined by Ben Rogaly who has done extensive research into forced labour and exploitation in British horticulture.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Ben Rogaly

Professor of Human Geography, Sussex University

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Population, Space and Place

Special Issue: International Migration to Non-Metropolitan Areas

Volume 14, Issue 6, pages 497–510, November/December 2008

DOI: 10.1002/psp.502

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Peterborough project:

Exploring Peterborough residents' stories through words, photographs, film and theatre

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Kendra Strauss

Lecturer and Fellow of Robinson College (Director of Studies for Geography), Cambridge University

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Volume 45, Issue 1, pages 180–197, January 2013

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00997.x

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Alice Mah

Assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick

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Industrial Ruination, Community and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban Decline

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

ISBN-10: 1442613572

ISBN-13: 978-1442613577

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