Town and Regional Planning

Town and Regional Planning in 8 minutes…

Planning: Not just how much should go what and where but also…

‘areas of government policy and action that have a spatial impact’ p.xix (Town and Country Planning in the UK, Cullingworth and Nadin)

Cities and regions

•Housing systems•Neighbourhood transformations - gentrification and inner city change•Urban design for neighbourhood resilience

Policies and social impacts

•Planning policy - Socio-economic analyses of spatial impacts•Participation, engagement, empowerment•Community economic development - household resilience

Changes and challenges

•Community energy and green infrastructures

•Neighbourhood climate-proofing/low carbon neighbourhoods

Social mix(ing) Rowland Atkinson

Faculty Chair in Inclusive Societies / Town and Regional Planning

Does space matter?

Area effects

Padding the bunker

Time-space trajectories of segregation?

Look up, not just down