Steve Shaw

Mugshot Steve

Director, Transport Research and Consultancy Unit (TraC)

+44 (0)207 133 3023

s.shaw@londonmet.ac.uk

Research Interests and Expertise

The development of leisure and tourism in disadvantaged urban areas
Social exclusion/ inclusion with regard to public spaces
Built heritage and leisure consumption
Ethnic and cultural minority neighbourhoods as visitor attractions
Engagement of local communities in design of pedestrian environments

Stephen J. Shaw BA (Hons), PG DipTP, MRTPI, FCIT, FILT, FRGS is Senior Lecturer in Transport and Regeneration and Director of the Transport Research and Consultancy centre (TRaC) at London Metropolitan University. Following a previous career in urban planning and regeneration, he has published a range of books and articles on urban landscapes, historic environments and cultural tourism, especially in relation to social ex/inclusion. His research interests relate, in particular, to the social significance of the public realm in disadvantaged areas. He has particular expertise in the development of leisure and tourism in disadvantaged urban areas and in social exclusion/ inclusion with regard to public transport and access to public spaces. In his previous career he worked as a Chartered Town Planner specialising in airport development and urban regeneration.

Current/recent projects and awards

2005/7 Principal Investigator: EPSRC funded research programme (with Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York and University of Salford): ‘Inclusive and Sustainable Infrastructure for Tourism and Urban Regeneration,’ [EP/D011671/1]
2003/4 Principal Investigator: EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments Programme (with University College London, Loughborough University): Urban Transport and Urban Design, ‘Accessibility and User Needs in Transport’, scoping study [GR/S18304/01]
2004/9 Co-Investigator: EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments Programme (with University College London, Loughborough University): Urban Transport and Urban Design, ‘Accessibility and User Needs in Transport’, main study phases 1 and 2 (2004/9) [GR/S90867/01 and EP/E040764/1]
2006/7 Co-Investigator: EPSRC Follow-on grant ‘Sustainability and the 24-hour City: A Collaboration with the Creative Arts’ (with University of Salford) in collaboration with two artists at the URBIS Centre, Manchester and at the London Architecture Biennale (2006/7) [ EP/DO30706/1]; 2005/6 Department of Culture, Media and Sport/ English Heritage (with WS Atkins) Heritage Protection Review, Heritage Environment Services: Local Delivery
2005/7 Canadian High Commission, Sustained Studies in Canadian Issues Program, Sustainable Cities, research project with Graeme Evans and Jo Foord
2003/4 National Trust (with WS Atkins and Institute of Field Archaeology): Measuring the Social Contribution of the Historic Built Environment, scoping study
2002/3 ESRC Mobile Network/ Freedom to Fly: Air Travel and International Students, case study research project
2003-4 Accessibility and User Needs in Transport (AUNT) scoping study, EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environment Programme, with UCL, Loughborough University, LB Camden, Hertfordshire CC, RNIB
2004-9 Accessibility and User Needs in Transport (AUNT-SUE) main study, EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environment Programme, with UCL, Loughborough University, University of Westminster, LB Camden, Hertfordshire CC, RNIB..
2001-4 Success Factors in Urban Regeneration in Canadian and UK cities, Foundation for Canadian Studies, with INRS, Montreal, University of Toronto, University of British Colombia, City of Vancouver.
2003-4 Measuring the Social Contribution of the Historic Environment, National Trust, with WS Atkins, Institute of Field Archaeology, ?3,500.

Publications

Shaw, S. (forthcoming 2007) ‘"Ethnic Quarters" as Spaces for Consumption: Lessons from London's Banglatown’, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal.
Shaw, S. & Thomas, C. (2006) ‘Social and Cultural Dimensions of Air Travel Demand: Hypermobility in the UK?’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Volume 14, No. 2, pp. 209-215.
Shaw, S. Bagwell, S. & Karmowska, J. (2004) ‘Ethnoscapes as Spectacle: Re-imaging Multicultural Districts as New Destinations for Leisure and Tourism Consumption’, pp. 1983-2000, Urban Studies, 41 (10).
Shaw, S. & Karmowska, J. (2004) ‘Multicultural heritage of European cities and its re-presentation through regeneration programmes’ Journal of European Ethnology; Volume 34:2, pp. 41-56.
Shaw, S (2004) ‘The Canadian world city and sustainable downtown revitalisation: Messages from Montreal 1962-2002’,pp. 363-377, British Journal of Canadian Studies, 16 (2).
Shaw, S. (2004) ‘Book review: David Banister, Transport Planning’ (2 nd. Edition), pp. 455-6, Planning Perspectives, volume 19 (4).
(2002) Critical Review of 'The Delicious History of the Holiday' by Inglis, F, Tourism, Culture and Communication (accepted January 2002, awaiting publication).
(2001) 'Urban Leisure and Transport: Regeneration Effects', Journal of Leisure Property, Volume 1, number 4, October, pp. 350-372 (with Graeme Evans).

Books

Dennis, R., Morgan, C. and Shaw S. (eds.) (2008 forthcoming) The Contemporary Canadian Metropolis , London: ISA Series.
Aitchison, C., MacLeod, N., and Shaw, S. (2002) Leisure and Tourism Landscapes, (paperback edition) London and New York: Routledge.
Shaw, S. (2002) Transport Strategy and Policy, Oxford: Blackwell.

Book chapters

Shaw, S. (2007 in press) ‘Designing Ethnic Quarters in the Cosmopolitan-Creative City’, in G. Richards and J. Wilson (Eds.) ‘Tourism, Creativity and Development’, London and New York: Routledge.
Shaw, S. (2007) ‘Inner City Ethnoscapes as Cultural Attractions: Micro-place Marketing in Canada’, in M. Smith (Ed.), Tourism, Culture and Regeneration, London: CABI.
Orbasli, A. and Shaw, S. (2004) ‘Transport and visitors in historic cities’, in L. Lumsden and S. Page (Eds.) Progress in Tourism and Transport Research: Issues and agendas for the New Millennium, pp. 93-104, Oxford: Pergamon.
(2004) 'Transport and visitors in historic cities', in L. Lumsden and S. Page (eds) in Progress in Tourism and Transport Research: Issues and agendas for the New Millennium. Oxford, Pergamon (with A.Orbasli).
(2002) The Role of Urban Transport in Regional Development and Regeneration. In Andrews, N. et al.. Tourism Destination Planning. Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology: 293-310 9 (with Graeme Evans).

Reports

Shaw, S. (2006) Cities and National Success: Rapporteur’s Report of the Canada-United Kingdom Colloquium, 24-26 November 2005, Cardiff, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Contributed to 20 Contributed to: 2006 Department of Culture, Media and Sport/ English Heritage (with WS Atkins) Heritage Protection Review, Heritage Environment Services: Local Delivery.
Contributed to: 2005 Measuring the Social Contribution of the Historic Environment, National Trust, with WS Atkins, Institute of Field Archaeology.

Conference Papers

Shaw, S. (2007) 'Tools for Community Engagement’, Seminar for the Commission for Architecture and Built Environment', 14 th June.
Shaw, S. (2007) ‘Conflict and Consensus in London’s ‘Banglatown’: Engaging Diverse Communities at Street Level’, EU REVIT/ CABERNET Conference on Regeneration and Brownfield Sites, Stuttgart, Germany, 25 th-27 th April (poster presentation).
Shaw, S. (2007) ‘Ethnic Quarters as Heritage Attractions: Accommodating Visitors in Multicultural Neighbourhoods’, The Nigel Seeley Memorial Lectures, The Centre for Sustainable Heritage, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, 22nd March.
Shaw, S. (2007) ‘Spaces, Places and Faces: Tools for Participation in Urban Design’ University of Strathclyde Research Seminar Programme, Glasgow, 21 st February.
Shaw, S. (2007) ‘Role of Urban Design in Leisure and Tourism-led Regeneration’, Seminar Series, Dublin Institute of Technology, 25 th January.
Shaw, S. and Forrester, J. (2007) ‘Spaces, Places and Faces: Tools for Successful User Participation in Urban Design’ INCLUDE 2007: Designing With People, Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Arts, London, 2-4 th April (poster presentation).
Shaw, S. (2006) ‘The Development of Tourism to Regenerate Disadvantaged Urban Areas’, presented at Regeneration and Tourism, Marketing Cities 2006, 2 nd. Annual Conference, London, 28 November.
Shaw, S., Forrester, J. & Karmowska, J. (2006) ‘Tourism and Multicultural Heritage in the Enlarged Europe: Tools for Participation by Low-Income Residents’, 7 th EC Conference, Proceedings of the 7 th. European Conference ‘Saveur’, Safeguarded Cultural Heritage: Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe, Prague, Czech Republic, 31 st May- 3 rd June, pp. 345-353.
Shaw, S., Forrester, J. and Karmowska, J. (2006) 'Tourism Spaces: Tools for Participation in Urban Design', Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) Conference, Lodz, Poland, 20-22nd September.
Shaw, S. & Karmowska, J. (2004) ‘Multicultural heritage of European cities and its re-presentation through regeneration programmes’ Journal of European Ethnology; Volume 34:2, pp. 41-56.
Shaw, S. (2006) ‘Principles into Practice’ presented at the AUNT-SUE Symposium: Inclusive Transport and Urban Design, 16 January 2006, London Metropolitan University, London.
Shaw, S. (2006) chaired conference on Creating Sustainable Transport Interchanges: How are we doing and what needs to be done? British Urban Regeneration Association, Stratford Town Hall, London, 28 February 2006.
Shaw, S. & Bagwell, S. (2005) ‘Re-imaging Multicultural Cityscapes for Leisure Consumption: Approaches to Revitalization in Canada and the UK’ Canadian Congress of Leisure Research, Nanaimo, British Colombia, May.
Shaw, S. (2005) ‘Tackling Social Exclusion in Urban Transport: Principles into Practice?’ Cabernet 2005: International Conference on Managing Urban Land, Belfast, April.
Shaw, S. (2004) ‘Inner city ethnoscapes and cultural tourism: lessons from Canada and the UK’ in Richards, G. (ed.) Cultural Tourism: globalising the local - localising the global, pp. 89-108, Tilburg: ATLAS.
Shaw, S (2004) ‘Collaboration and competitive advantage: Local business networks and downtown tourism in Vancouver’, ATLAS Conference, Naples, April.
Shaw, S (2004) ‘Accessibility and user Needs in Transport, How Can Developments in Mainstream Transport Technology Help Visually Impaired Passengers?’, RNIB seminar, London, April.
Shaw, S. (2003) ‘Conservation and Conflict: Multicultural Heritage in London’s City Fringe’, in Kozlowski, R.. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5 th. EC Conference Cultural Heritage Research: A Pan-European Challenge, Cracow: Polish Academy of Sciences, pp. 146-150.
Shaw, S. & Grail, J. (2003) ‘ Business improvement areas: Recruiting local businesses for regeneration’, London Conference for Canadian Studies, Sustainable cities, urban regeneration and quality of life: Lessons from Canada, Canada House, London, November.
Shaw, S. and Karmowska, J. (2003) ‘Conservation and Multiculturalism: Revitalization of Historic Neighbourhoods in East London and Cracow’, for US ICOMOS International Symposium Managing Conflict and Conservation in Historic Cities, Maryland, April.
(2003) 'Inner City Ethnoscapes and Cultural Tourism: Lessons from Canada and the UK', for ATLAS expert seminar Cultural Tourism Group , Barcelona, October.
(2003) 'Multicultural Heritage Tourism and Quality of Life for Host Communities in Cracow and East London', for ATLAS conference Quality of Life: competing value perspectives in leisure and tourism, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, June (with J.Karmowska and Sue Bagwell).
(2003) 'Conservation and Conflict: Multicultural Heritage in London's City Fringe', in Kozlowski, R (Ed.) Cultural Heritage Research: A Pan-European Challenge, Proceedings of the 5th EC Conference, Cracow.
(2002) 'Air Travel and International Students: A Case of Hypermobility', ESRC Seminar on Social Effects of Air Travel ,Imperial College London, October.
(2002) 'Urban Explorers and Multicultural Neighbourhoods as Tourism Destinations', ESRC Seminar on Travel Cultures, University of Westminster, May.
(2002) 'Downtowns and Pleasure Zones in the Canadian World City', Annual Conference British Association of Canadian Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, April.
(2001) 'The role of Urban Tourism and Transport in Regional Development and Regeneration', European Association of Tourism and Leisure Education, 10th Anniversary International Conference, Tourism, Innovation and Regional Development, Dublin, October (with G.Evans).
(2001) 'Multicultural Quarters: Issues in Regeneration', Multiculturalism and the European City, conference with University of East London and University of Uppsala, London Docklands Campus, September.
(2001) 'Social Exclusion and Conflict: Regeneration and London's City Fringe', Annual Conference of the Institute of Field Archaeology, University of Newcastle, May.

Contact Information

Tel: +44 (0)207 133 3023

E-mail: s.shaw@londonmet.ac.uk

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