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
Amsterdam, Formation of AESOP and a trip to a Planning Committee
Written by Cliff Hague
My "Diary" article in 1987 records the formation of the Association of European Schools of Planning, AND of the Scottish Torquay United Supporters Club (which has not proved as long-lasting).
In a week when my term of office as President of the Royal Town Planning Institute came to a close, I also faced being made redundant.
Ken Loach's film, Kes, was released in 1969. What does it tell us about lifen a coalfield community - then and now?
The recent decision by Alphabet to scrap its ambitious waterfront regeneration project in Toronto is a landmark in the short history of smart cities.
Dr.Michael Kordas provides insights into the use of charettes for participation in planning - before and after Covid 19.
The second and final part of my Diary in Planning from June 1989. You can read the first part by clicking here.
A chance to read my monthly Diary in Planning from June 1989, which starts in Berlin just months before the Berlin Wall came down. It also looks at the Adam Smith Institute's ideas for privatising streets - an idea that might be revived post-Covid19? Of course there have been many gated communities developed in the meantime. Click here to read the end of the article.
Kiel, Salford and the early days of predictive text
Written by Cliff Hague
In June 2000 my regular column in Planning reflected on design quality in German towns, the Blair Gpovernment's Urban Task Force, and ways in which predictive text created bizarre proposals in students' work.
"Good design can discourage cycle use, make roads safer and restore pavements to pedestrians and parked vehicles..."
The film Force Majeure focuses on the tensions within a marriage, but it also depicts the tensions between people and the natural environment.
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UN Habitat has published its response to the serious problems posed by the pandemic in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Arabic countries.
City planning in the Palestinian-controlled areas has yielded poor results when it comes to unexpected challenges, including the recent outbreak of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, says local expert Dr. Ahmad El-Atrash.
The distinguished German planner, Professor Klaus Kunzmann, shares his thoughts on what the Covid19 crisis means for Europe, China, places and planning.
Back in 2006 I wrote an article in Planning, which recalled my working environment in 1973. Here it is.