Back to normal?

Burnt out cars in Toxteth, Liverpool, after rioting in the area Tuesday, August 9.

Source: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

At the end of a week that has witnessed the UK’s worst scenes of civil unrest in decades, urban planning expert Wouter Vanstiphout reflects on what the violence may mean for the future of Britain’s cities.

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