Making Planning Work: A guide to approaches and skills (2006)
The Development of Planning Thought: A Critical Perspective
Regional and Local Economic Development
Place Identity, Participation and Planning
Book-Programmes! Programmes!: Football Programmes from War-Time to Lockdown
Programmes! Programmes!: Football Programmes from War-Time to Lockdown
...and what will be different after Corona?
The distinguished German planner, Professor Klaus Kunzmann, shares his thoughts on what the Covid19 crisis means for Europe, China, places and planning.
Life as a Planner in 1973
Back in 2006 I wrote an article in Planning, which recalled my working environment in 1973. Here it is.
City Spread and New Neighbourhoods
A major study of health, education and sustainability in rapidly growing cities poses some difficult questions for public policy makers.
China's New-Style Urban Policy
Urban Transformation and “New Style” Urbanisation in China was the theme of a major conference hosted by the University of Glasgow.
Smart cities is a strong theme in the World Urban Forum
World Urban Forum 9
The ninth World Urban Forum opens on 7 February 2018, and I am here in Kuala Lumpur and will be reporting on it on this website and on other social media.
One Belt One Road - spatial planning at global scale?
At the recent Innovation Circle Network conference I spoke about China's One Belt One Road vision. This blog sketches and comments on this ambitious transnational project.
The Changchun City Planning Museum: A Showpiece of Urban Planning and Branding
Guest blogger Klaus Kunzmann explores a mueum devoted to the history of urban planning in a Chinese city.
How China's economic woes might impact on local government
China's slowing growth and rising debts have sent tremors through global markets. Urbanisation has been integral to the near double digit annual growth over recent years, so what does the slow down mean for regional and local development within China, and in particular for the local authorities?