Staff
Dr Gemma Burgess
Position(s):
Senior Research Associate , Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR)
Senior Member Newnham College
Contact information:
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 (7)64547
Email: glb36
Research interests:
Gender equality and impact of legislative change on spatial planning and the built environment. Delivery of affordable housing through the planning system, the intermediate housing market and mixed communities. Housing and ageing.
Publications
Current Research Projects
Housing wealth and wellbeing: understanding who uses housing equity release products and the impact they have on older people’s lives - scoping study
Maximising the performance of the new Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Framework with Local Authorities: Developing a Planning Gain Model
The role of the planning system in delivering housing choice for older Londoners
Evaluation of the FirstStop information and advice service for older people
The impact of the recent financial crisis on planning for affordable housing in England
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Burgess, G. (2012) Book Review: P Patricia Kennett and Chan Kam Wah (eds.) (2011) Women and Housing; an international analysis. Abingdon: Routledge. Journal of Social Policy.
Burgess, G. (2011) 'When the personal becomes political: using legal reform to
combat violence against women in Ethiopia', Gender, Place & Culture, First published on: 10 June 2011 (iFirst).
Burgess, G., Monk, S., and Whitehead, C. (2011) 'Delivering local infrastructure and affordable housing through the planning system: the future of planning obligations through Section 106.' People, Place & Policy Online: 5/1, pp.1-11.
Burgess, G. (2011) 'The uneven geography of participation in the global scale: Ethiopian women activists at the global periphery.' Globalizations. Volume 8, Number 2. 163-178.
Burgess, G. (2010) ‘The impact of the economic downturn on low-cost home ownership in the UK’ pp. 247-260, in Monk, S. and Whitehead, C. (eds.) Making Housing More Affordable: The Role of Intermediate Tenures, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
Burgess, G. (2010) ‘Housing an ageing population – the value of information and advice.’ Housing, Care and Support. Volume 13, 1, February: 19-27.
Burgess, G. (2009) ‘Paths to greater affordability’, Town and Country Planning, April 2009, Vol. 78 No.4.
Burgess G. (2008) ‘Planning and the Gender Equality Duty – why does gender matter?’ People, Place & Policy Online: 2/3, pp.112-121.
Burgess G and Monk S. (2008) ‘Delivering Affordable Housing through the Planning System: Challenges and Good Practice.’ Journal of Housing, Care and Support.
Research Reports
Burgess, G. et al. (2012 and 2011) Outputs from the evaluation of FirstStop: the value of information and advice to older people about housing and care.
Burgess, G., Clark, A. and Lyall Grant, F. (2011) ‘Domestic violence - assistance for adults without dependant children’. Department of Communities and Local Government.
Burgess, G. (2011) ‘Evaluation of the Women’s Design Group Project’. Women’s Design Service.
Burgess, G., Monk, S. and Whitehead, C. (2010) ‘Response to the CLG Select Committee Inquiry on the abolition of regional spatial strategies for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Burgess, G., Monk, S. and Whitehead, C. (2010) ‘How can the planning system deliver more housing?’ York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Burgess, G., Lyall Grant, F., Monk, S., Tang, C. and Whitehead, C. (2010) ‘Evaluation of the FirstStop information and advice service.’ FirstStop.
Burgess, G., Crook, A., Dunning, R., Ferrari, E., Henneberry, J., Lyall Grant, F., Monk, S., Rowley, S., Watkins, C. and Whitehead, C. (2010a) ‘The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations in England in 2007-08 Final Report’.London: Communities and Local Government.
Burgess, G. (2009)‘The implications for Low Cost Home Ownership of the UK housing downturn’, Housing Market Intelligence Report, Housebuilder, October 2009.
Burgess, G. (2009) ‘Equal space’, RICS Land Journal, February-March 2009.
Burgess, G. (2009) ‘Planning and the Gender Equality Duty – why does gender matter?’, RICS Research Report, May 2009 and RICS FiBRE Series, April 2009.
Burgess, G., Lyall Grant, F and Whitehead, C. (2009) ‘Low Cost Home Ownership and the Credit Crunch: A Report on Regional Markets and Competition with Private Developers’, Tenant Services Authority.
Burgess G, Holmans A and Monk S (2008) ‘Beyond the Affordable Housing Study Stage II: A review and analysis of changes in the intermediate housing market in the East of England 2004-2007’, East of England Regional Assembly.
Monk S, Burgess G, Cousins L and Dunmore K. (2008) ‘Good Practice Guide to Delivering New Affordable Housing on S106 Sites.’ Inspire East and East of England Development Agency.
Monk S, Burgess G, Cousins L and Dunmore K. (2008) ‘Practice guidance on affordable housing clauses in Section 106 agreements for local planning authorities in Wales.’ Welsh Assembly Government.
Whitehead C, Monk S, Burgess G, Crook, T and Rowley, S. (2008) Common Starting Points for Section 106 Affordable Housing Negotiations.’ Communities and Local Government.
Whitehead C, Burgess G, and Lyall-Grant F. (2008) ‘Low Cost Home Ownership: Affordability, Risks and Issues.’ Housing Corporation.
Whitehead, C., Monk, S., Holmans, A., Burgess, G., and Markkanen, S. (2008) Overview of Availability and Quality of Data Sources: Housing Affordability. National Housing and Planning Advice Unit.
Whitehead, C., Crook, T., Burgess, G. and Monk, S. (2007, revised 2008) Submission to the Housing Green Paper. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Burgess, G., Monk, S. and Whitehead, C. (2007) The Provision of Affordable Housing Through Section 106: The Situation in 2007. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Research Paper Series Vol 7 No 14.
Burgess, G., Monk, S., Crook, T. and Whitehead, C. (2007) The Provision of Affordable Housing through the Planning System: An Update. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.