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   The Urban Masterplanning Handbook
   		  
  
   Eric Firley, co-author of the companion Urban
   Towers and Urban Housing Handbooks is an architect
   and urban designer. Currently Assistant Professor at
   the University of Miami School of Architecture.   
     
   
   Intelligent Cities: Urban Design in the Information Age
   		  
  
   Paul Reynolds is current Chair of the UDG Executive
   Committee and a Chartered Landscape Architect
   and Urban Designer with Atkins, where he leads on
   regeneration, masterplanning and the public realm.
  
     
   
   Smart Cities, the Collaborative Economy
   		  
  
   Karl Baker is currently a researcher at LSE Cities
   focusing on city based low carbon policies as part
   of the Economics of Green Cities Project. Formerly
   a policy advisor at New Zealand's Ministry of
   Transport.
     
   
  Global cities, local growth and the ghost in the machine
   		  
   Rick Robinson is an Executive Architect (IT) at IBM,
   responsible for the development and delivery of
   Smarter City solutions for IBM customers in the UK
   and Europe. He holds a PhD in the physics of
   superconducting devices from the University of
   Birmingham and is a visiting Research Fellow at
   WMG at the University of Warwick      
   
   Design coding: diffusion of practice in England
   		  
   Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and
   Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning,
   UCL. His research has focused on the policy
   context for improving the quality of the built and
   natural environments.
     
   Mixed Streets: The evolution of suburban town
   centres - questioning the narrative of historical
   decline.   Introduced by Matthew Carmona. 		   Dr Sam Griffiths is Lecturer in Urban Morphology
   and Spatial Theory at the Bartlett School of
   Graduate Studies, UCL and Course Director MSc
   Advanced Architectural Studies. His research has
   focused on the evolving relationship between
   urban form and social activity.      
   High Street 2012: A detailed account of the
   management of a series of projects linking Aldgate
   in the City of London, with the site of the Olympics
   in Stratford		  
   Formerly with the Mayor's Architecture and
   Urbanism Unit, Paul Harper has been involved with
   the 100 Spaces Project, the Great Spaces Project,
   London's Great Outdoors (public space improvements)
   and latterly led on Design for London's 'High Street
   2012'.
  
   
   Responsive Environments:
   Aspects of the cultural context, preparation and
   impact of the book explored by one of the authors,
   Professor Ian Bentley
   		   Ian Bentley is Emeritus Professor at the Joint
   Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes
   University. He has a background in architecture
   and property development. In addition to
   Responsive Environments he authored Urban
   Transformations (1999) and, with Georgia Butina-
   Watson, Identity by Design (2007)   
   
   Urban Design Practice. An International Review.
   An outline introduction to the book by the editor
   Dr Sebastian Loew.
   		  
   Sebastian is a town planning and urban design
   consultant and former lecturer with the University
   of Westminster. He has extensive experience of
   urban design education and practice in a European
   and international context.
  
   
   Urban Design Practice. An International Review.
   A case study from Riedberg, Frankfurt am Main.
   		   Katja Stille is an Associate at Tibbalds Planning and
   Urban Design. In the past she has undertaken
   research comparing the German and English
   planning systems to inform a UK government study
   into the use and practicality of design codes. At
   Tibbalds she is involved in a range of projects
   including masterplanning and design guidance.
   The National Conference on Urban Design.  
  
   An introduction from Paul Reynolds, Chair of the
   Urban Design Group and Louise Thomas, co-editor
   of Urban Design
  
   The Value of Urban Design: Market Trends.
   A migration from derivatives to direct investment,
   from equities to commodities, from capital growth to
   income and from office to residential development.
   Yolande Barnes is responsible for the Residential
   Research team at Savills, having pioneered
   research in the residential sector and Placemaking,
   latterly comparing global cities.
   The Value of Urban Design: A Developer's View.
   Markets and 'externalities'. The importance of non
   financial values.		   Chris Brown is Chief Executive of igloo Regeneration
   Development Team, Director of Isis Waterside
   Regeneration and Blueprint, an igloo public/private
   partnership with the HCA.   
   The Value of Urban Design: Theory, Practice, Politics.   Meredith Evans manages a planning and urban
   design consultancy having formerly been Corporate
   Director in local government.
   Imaging Change, Changing Imaginations: The
   instrumentalisation of images in the revision of
   social and spatial identity at the Elephant and Castle		   Abigail Batchelor is an architect with a masters in
   Urbanisation from the LSE. An Associate at
   S333 Architecture + Urbanism Ltd and an
   independent researcher focusing on the cultural
   importance of place and large-scale redevelopment,
   she is currently researching urban family housing
   for CPRE London
   
   Retrofitting cities to manage surface water
   		   Paul Shaffer is an Honorary Research Fellow with
   the Pennine Water Group (Bradford and Sheffield
   Universities) and an Associate with the Construction
   Industry Research and lnformation Service (ciria),
   specialising in sustainable water management.
   
   The underlying conception and further development
   of a carbon tool to be used during a masterplanning
   process, with reference to practical application in
   Madurai and Mysore.
   Paul Fraser is Principal Urban Designer and
   Chartered Landscape Architect at the multi
   disciplinary practice Atkins, with project experience
   in the uk and overseas.
    SALD:
    Sustainability Appraisal for Land Development
    A pre-design site assessment tool.
   
   Bruce Calton is Group Director and Luan Deda,
   Senior Urban Designer at the award winning
   international architecture, urban design,town
   planning and interior design practice, Scott
   Brownrigg. SALD has been developed by the
   Practice's Design Research Unit.
    Open for Play: An introduction to the topic of
    playful spaces and child-friendly neighbourhoods.

   Tim Gill is a writer, independent researcher and
   consultant with an interest in children's
   relationships with the people and places around
   them. His book, No Fear: Growing up in a risk
   averse society was published in 2007.
    Exploring Boundaries: New directions in the design
    of space for children's play.
   Paige Johnson is a nanotechnology researcher at
   the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. With an MA
   in Garden History she also manages the popular
   blog 'playscapes', which successfully challenges
   design orthodoxies.
    New Deal for Communities London EC1
    The transformation of a wide array of public spaces

   Liz Kessler is an urban design consultant and
   former Public Space Coordinator for this award
   winning project comprising more than forty five
   schemes of environmental improvements.
    Innovative thinking in design for play:
    A Landscape Design Update on the North Park
    Hub play scheme for the Queen Elizabeth II Park,
    Stratford East London (formerly the Olympic Park).
  
   Jennette Emery-Wallace is an award winning
   landscape architect and Principal at Land Use
   Consultants (LUC). Responsible for numerous
   Heritage Lottery Fund conservation projects,
   strategic masterplanning for World Heritage sites
   and the lead designer for the Princess of Wales
   play space in Kensington Gardens London.
    The Olympic Park London 2012:
    The urban context and long term legacy.
    A Landscape Institute presentation.
   Andrew Harland is a landscape architect and
   Senior Partner with LDA Design in London,
   specialising in green space strategy, urban park
   planning, design and management.
    The Olympic Park London 2012:
    Detailed design and management.
    A Landscape Institute presentation.
   Neil Mattinson is a landscape architect,
   environmental planner and Senior Partner with
   LDA Design, specialising in the public realm,
   commercial, residential and leisure sectors.
    Re-imagining Garden Cities for the 21st Century.
   Kate Henderson is Chief Executive of the Town and
   Country Planning Association, a campaigning
   charity that puts social justice and the
   environment at the heart of the debate about
   planning policy, housing and climate change.
    Lifetime Communities: The design challenges
    presented by an ageing population.
Andy von Bradsky   Andy von Bradsky is Chairman of PRP Architects,
   one of the UK's largest multi-disciplinary practices
   with overseas offices in Abu Dhabi, China and
   Moscow. The lecture reflects his interest in research
   and development, and includes reference to a
   number of innovative projects in the uk and abroad.
    Temporary urbanism: An introduction.
Professor Irena Bauman   Irena Bauman is Professor of Sustainable
   Development at the University of Sheffield, a
   Director at Bauman Lyons Architects and Chair of a
   Regional Design Review Panel
    The Evening and Night-time Economy.
Professor Marion Roberts   Marion Roberts is a qualified Architect and
   Professor of Urban Design at the University of
   Westminster. Author and co-author of numerous
   books, active in research, with particular interest in
   social issues, cultural regeneration, housing, public
   art and street design.
    Biophilia Explained
Duncan Ecob Urban Design   Duncan Ecob is Head of Urban Design and
   Masterplanning at Devereux Architects, with a focus
   on regeneration, masterplanning and timely design
   intervention in both uk and overseas projects.
    University Campus Planning Projects in India.
Darshana Gothi Chauhan   Darshana Gothi Chauhan is currently project leader
   (urban design) for a new neighbourhood in Bhopal,
   India, Urban Design Consultant with Urban
   Initiatives and Chapter Development Manager with
   the International Network for Traditional Building,
   Architecture and Urbanism
   
    An evening with Christopher Alexander.
  
Prof Christopher Alexander   Prof Alexander is a renowned theoretician and
   practitioner of architecture. Works Include:  Notes
   on the Synthesis of Form, A City is not a Tree, A
   Pattern Language, The Timeless Way of Building and
   A New Theory of Urban Design.
   
    An evening with Christopher Alexander.
  
Prof Christopher Alexander   The processes underlying the implementation of the
   Eishin campus, Japan, contrasted with the current,
   dominant approach toward development and the
   potentially corrosive consequences of the latter.
Contributors and Topics
Jon Akers Coyle. Gillespies. St Giles Circus : Christopher Alexander i : Christopher Alexander ii The Eishin Campus : Bob Allies. Allies and Morrison. The London 2012 Olympic Park : Kathryn Anderson. Barton Willmore. The EcoCite Project : Andrew Armes. The suburbs : Charlie Baker. URBED. Temple Quay 2 Bristol : Ross Ballard. Gross Max. Windrush Square : Yolande Barnes. Savills. Market trends : Abigail Batchelor. S333. Imaging Change, Changing Imaginations : Irena Bauman. University of Sheffield. Temporary urbanism introduced : Peter Beard. Landroom. Rainham to the Thames : Helen Beck. Paying for Parks : Andrew Beharrell. PTE. A zero carbon project : Patrick Bellew. Atelier Ten. The genius of nature  : Mike Biddulph. Cardiff University. The use of residential streets : Monika Bik. Broadway Malyan. Contextual master-planning in middle east and Africa : Peter Bishop. Urban designers day, Palestra : Jonathan Bore. Urban Initiatives. Birmingham, a Big City Plan :  Henk J M Bouwman. HKB. Language, history, greenspace :  Andy von Bradsky. prp architects. Lifetime communities : Joyce Bridges. Cabe Built Environment Expert. Conservation and urban design : Richard Broome. Outerspace. Kingston market Place :  Adam Brown. Landolt and Brown. Tottenham high road :  Chris Brown. igloo regeneration. A developer's view : Victor Callister. City of London. St Paul's Environs :Kelvin Campbell. Urban Initiatives. Scotswood Newcastle, masterplan : Kelvin Campbell. Urban Initiatives. Smart Urbanism : Kelvin Campbell. Urban Initiatives. Exploring Birmingham :  Bruce Calton. Scott Brownrigg.  Sustainability Appraisal for land development : Matthew Carmona. UCL. Spatial Planning by design :  Matthew Carmona. UCL. Capital Spaces :  Majora Carter. MCG. A sustainable South Bronx : Joanne Cave. David Lock Associates. High streets :  Darshana Gothi Chauhan. Urban Initiatives. University campus projects in India : Dominic Church. Architect Planner, German Sustainable Building Council. Building for Life : Rob Cowan uds. An introduction to urban design. : Rob Cowan. uds. From shopping to masterplanning : Rob Cowan. uds. Design and Access Statements : Rob Cowan. uds. Masterplanning : Rob Cowan. uds. Language and urban design : iii  Elizabeth Cox. New Economics Foundations. Reimagining high streets :  John Dales. Urban Initiatives. Planning Policies : John Deffenbaugh. Masterplanning :  Michel Deronzier. Shared space in Chambery :  Dr Jake Desyllas. Intelligent Space. Pedestrian movement analysis : Hank Dittmar. The Prince's Foundation. Directed and undirected urban change : Danny Dorling. Sheffield University. Understanding statistics of inequality :  Neil Double. LDF Core Strategy : Duncan Ecob. Devereux Architects. Biophilia explained : Alex Ely. Mae Architects. Development process, roles and responsibilities :  Jennette Emery-Wallace. Land Use Consultants. London 2012 legacy, north park hub :  Meredith Evans. Consultant. Theory, practice, politics :  Roger Evans. REAL. Town centre design :  Roger Evans. REAL. Design coding explored : Dr Nicholas Falk. urbed. Design in London's suburbs : Sir Terry Farrell. TFP Farrells. The place as client : Terry Farrell. TFP Farrells. Pro-active planning and conservation : George Ferguson. PPRIBA. Urban design for our time : Lisa Fior. muf architecture and art. Barking town square : Eric Firley. Author the Urban Housing Handbook : Rachel Fisher. Design Council. Relocating CABE : Hayley Fitchett. Optimum densities? : Julie Fleck. Accessible housing in London : David Foster. The funding of open space :  Paul Fraser. Atkins. Carbon calculator for masterplanning :  Tim Gill. Consultant. Child friendly spaces : Tim Gill. Consultant. Rethinking play space : Jeremy Grint. Barking town square : Tim Hagyard. Collaboration in urban planning : Chris Hall. GVA Grimley. Reinventing coastal towns : Patrick Hammill. Levitt Bernstein Architects. Inclusion in the design process :  Ben Hamilton-Baillie : John Hare. Miller Hare. London's view management framework :  Andrew Harland. LDA Design. London 2012 Olympic Park Legacy : Mike Hayes. Seaspace. Coastal regeneration : Peter Heath. Atkins. World Squares for all i : Peter Heath. Atkins. World Squares for all ii : Joseph Heathcott. LSE. Anthropology and Urban Design :  Kate Henderson. tcpa. Re-imagining garden cities :  Daniel Hill. Urban Initiatives. Urban form : Daniel Hill. Urban Initiatives. Large scale versus fine grain : Jonathan Hill. Scott Brownrigg. East street Farnham : Bill Hillier. Space Syntax. Discussing crime and design :  Tom Holbrook. 5th Studio. The Fatwalk :  Geoffrey Holland. Design at appeal :  Joe Holyoak. Architect. Birmingham : John Hopkins. London 2012. Evolving ideas for public realm : Dr Tristram Hunt. London, beauty, space : Walter Jack. Public art : John Jenkins. Haverstock Associates, Architects. Creating excellent secondary schools : John Jenkins. Haverstock Associates. Design of schools and pedagogy : Paige Johnson. University of Tulsa. New directions for children's play :  Phil Jones. Manual for Streets : Phil Jones. Shared Space : Didier Joseph-Francois. Urban design conservation projects in France :  Yo Kaminagai. Transport interchange design :  Liz Kessler. Urban design consultant. New deal for communities :  Nico Kienzl. Atelier Ten. Restoring Mies van der Rohe's S R Crown Hall : Martin Knuijit. okra. West Croydon : Karl Kropf. Studio REAL. Urban morphology :  Esther Kurland. Urban Design London. Design and Access Statements : Oliver Lee. Landscape Partnerships. Deptford : Jaime Lerner. A city as a solution : Julian Lewis. East Architecture. Sutton high street : Sebastian Loew. University of Westminster. Urban design education : Tom Lonsdale. Camlin Lonsdale. Meaning in the landscape :  Michael Lowndes. Design at Appeal : Tony Lloyd-Jones. University of Westminster. Masterplan. Kaduna Nigeria :  Claudia Lynch. Lynch Architects. Abbey Green : Richard MacCormac. MJP Architects. Developing a density toolkit : Richard MacCormac. MJP Architects. Density, typology and place :  Pasqual Maragall. Lessons from Barcellona : / Neil Mattinson. LDA Design. London 2012 Olympic Park : Bally Meeda. Urban Graphics. Graphics in urban design :  Emma Marchant. Atelier Ten. The genius of nature :  Conor McKee. RTKL. Masterplanning, Blackpool : Stephanie Mills. Cite Design Ltd. Innovation in the urban planning process. : Hans Monderman : Sophie Morton. Planning Policies :  Peter Owens. Colour Urban Design. Learning and teaching environments : Ed Parham. UCL. Space Syntax Analysis :  Christos Passas. Zaha Hadid Architects. Eleftheria Square. Nicosia : Sheila Peace. Open University. Intergenerational use of public space :  Elizabeth Pearson. Architect. Building Schools for the Future : Tim Pharoah. Consultant. Transport interchanges : Tim Pharoah. Consultant. Traffic calming :  Neil Porter. Gustafson Porter. Woolwich Squares : Andy C Pratt. LSE. The creative cities movement : Richard Reid. Clearwater : Mark Ridler. bdp lighting. Lighting up the public realm : Mark Ridler. bdp lighting. Lighting places for people :  Marion Roberts. University of Westminster. Designing the night time city :   Marion Roberts. University of Westminster. The evening and night-time economy :  Dan Robertson. Equality Works. Inclusive design for housing : Dickon Robinson. Building Futures. The end of density :  Richard Rogers on beauty :  Jon Rowland. Temple Quay 2 Bristol : / Sarah Rubenstein. Dixon Jones. Exhibition Road : Deborah Saunt. DSDHA. The design of schools : Deborah Saunt. DSDHA. Waterloo Square : Bridget Sawyer. The role of the Architecture Centre Network : Karl Sharro. A fresh perspective on modernism : Barry Shaw. Architect. From design guides to exemplar programmes : Rob Shaw. Climate change adaptation by design : Wendy Shillam. Shillam and Smith Architecture. 'Eco-Town' or 'Any-Town' :  Stephanie Shuttes. Scape Design. King Street : Richard Simmons. Urban designers day : Philip Singleton. City planning in Birmingham : Tom Smith. Aecom. A high steet : Quintin Stevens. Freedom is messy : Paul Stoller. Atelier Ten. Restoring SR Crown Hall :  Neil Swanson. Landscape Projects. Canning Town : Peter Swift. Planet-ie. St Petersfield public realm framework : June Taylor. UCL. Sintropher project : Louise Thomas. Urban design as unresponsive environments : John Thorpe. Architect. A city region :Penelope Tollitt. LB Kensignton & Chelsea. The illusion of illustration : Jack Warshaw. Conservation Architecture and Planning. Excoriating the Eco : Eric Watson. Broadway Malyan. Exploring context : David West. Studio Egret West. Bromley North Village :  Lindsey Whitelaw. Consultant. Shared Space :  Marcus Wilshere. Urban Initiatives. The Risk Register & public consultation : Marcus Wilshere  Urban Initiatives. Summary of udl urban design training seminars : Marcus Wilshere. Urban Initiatives. King's Cross : Colin Wilson. GLA. Spatial planning and design : Stephen Witherford. Witherford Watson Mann. Bankside : Ken Worpole. The social value of public space : John Worthington. From participation to co-creation

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