Jigsaw cities

Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Sustainable Development Commissioner responsible for regeneration and sustainable communities; member of the Government's Urban Task Force; author of books on cities, communities and marginal housing areas in the UK and abroad.John Houghton was head of the Communities Division at the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit; a visiting research associate at CASE; and currently a Harkness scholar at the University of Minnesota. John Houghton worked as Anne Power's assistant during 2002-03 while Anne was Chair of the Independent Commission on the Future of Housing in Birmingham.

• Introducing jigsaw cities; Part one: How did we get here? Jigsaws and Lego sets; Breaking up the jigsaw; Building the New Jerusalem: vision and reality; Cities bounce back: piecing communities together again; Part two: Where are we now? Britain's cities today: a progress report; Britain's cities of yesterday and tomorrow; Part three: Where do we go from here? Smart cities work; Future cities: piecing the jigsaw together: Afterword: the urban jungle or urban jigsaw?

"Jigsaw Cities sets out a robust challenge to current thinking on the future of British towns and cities." Green Places, issue 38