Centre for Urban Development

and Environmental Management

Staff

Stephen Littlewood
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)113 8121983
Email: s.littlewood@leedsmet.ac.uk

Research Experience & Interests

Research activity includes work on local labour markets, community development, regeneration, planning regulation and rural sustainability. Steve has managed or worked on policy development and evaluations for the Employment Service, Department for Overseas Development, local authorities, TECs, EU and community regeneration projects. He has particular expertise in qualitative research.

A range of work includes being a partner and content manager of the Sustainable Open Space project for NW Europe, an FEFC-funded study of construction industry training needs, evaluation of local development plans for the Countryside Agency, appraisal of Integrated Development Plans in Yorkshire and the Humber, and a study of the financial experiences of socially excluded young people. Most recently Steve has managed studies looking at access and functions of the rural fringe in the South Pennines and Green Infrastructure and the Countryside in and around Towns for the Countryside Agency.

Steve has a particular interest in local regeneration policy and programmes, urban governance, especially in the context of sustainable development, and the developmentv and function of green infrastructure around our towns and cities.

Key Publications

Journal Articles

Littlewood S and Whitney D (1995) The SRB Challenge Fund in Yorkshire and Humberside, Regional Review, vol.5 (2)5-6. ISSN 0961 5334

Littlewood S and Winnett C (1996) SRB: Winners and Losers, Regional Review

Littlewood S and Winnett C (1996) SRB Round 2: Yorkshire and Humberside Ahead on Points? Regional Review, vol.6 (1). ISSN 0961 5334

Freeman C, Littlewood S and Whitney D (1996) Local Government and Emerging Models of Participation in the Local Agenda 21 Process, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol.39 (1), 65-78

Kitchen T, Whitney D and Littlewood S (1997) Local authority/Academic Collaboration and Local Agenda 21 Policy Processes, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 40: 5 645-659

Littlewood S and While A (1997) "A New Agenda for governance? Agenda 21 and Prospects for Holistic local Decision Making" Local Government Studies, vol.23: 4,pp.101-113. ISSN 0300-3930

Littlewood S and Whitney D (1997) "Re-forming Urban Regeneration? The Practice and Potential of English Partnerships, Local Economy, May, pp.39-49

Whitney D and Littlewood S (1997) "The Single Regeneration Budget: reflections on the operation of the Challenge Fund in Yorkshire and Humberside". Hommes et Terre du Nord, vol.1,pp.31-37. ISSN 0018-439X

While A and Littlewood S (2000) 'Stakeholders and the stakeholder society: New agendas for corporate evaluation in local governance', forthcoming.

While A, Littlewood S and Whitney D (2000) 'A new space for sustainable development? Regional environmental governance in the North West and West Midlands of England', Town Planning Review, September.Vol 71. 4. 1-19

Littlewood, S. (2003) Getting to know you: a collaborative research framework for Leeds. Regional Review, 13, 1, Spring.

Book Chapters

with Thomas, K. (2006) Valuing the region’s urban fringes and learning lessons from other regions in Europe: the countryside in and around towns in Yorkshire and the Humber, in Henderson, R. (ed) (2006) forthcoming.Essays on the Y&H Regional Economy, Leeds Metropolitan University.

Littlewood S and Moran C (1999) "Approaches to community economic development: contrasting styles of community-led regeneration in Bradford, England" in Haughton G (ed)(1999) "Community Economic Development", pp181-196. Regional Studies Association, London. ISBN 0 11 702377 9

Conference papers include:

Littlewood, S.(2004) The Power of Place: Multi ethnic communities and inclusive planning of the historic environment, Conference of the Assoc. of European Schools of Planning, Volos, Greece, June.

Other reports include:

Littlewood, S. (2003) Leeds State of the Environment Report, Leeds Initiative