Urban Design, Planning and Housing

Explores the thinking on urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. Engaging with social, economic, and political structures of cities, this book highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the forms of urban redevelopment.

Examines the wider implications of policy and design through a series of case studies of housing projects in the UK and the Netherlands. This guide offers architects the best practice for the design, policy and construction of new homes. It considers proposals for the Thames Gateway and government incentives to create better quality housing.

By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban. This book addresses that making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge. It sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our cities and, illustrates how these ideas can be put into practice.

The interchange is a new form of transport building which integrates into a single whole various modes of public transport, putting the passenger first (rather than the infrastructure). This book presents design principles for transport interchanges and offers analysis of best practice in the UK and abroad.

Site and Composition examines design strategies and tactics in site making. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book makes vital reading for both researchers and students of architecture and urbanism.

A book devoted to town planner Professor Sir Peter Hall's breadth of academic work, covering the history of cities and planning, London, spatial planning, connectivity and mobility, and urban globalization.

Examines the implications for cities, and the design of new cities, now we are increasingly required to address the metabolic and social dimensions of the city

The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs. City Suburbs considers contemporary Anglo-American suburbia, drawing on research in outer London it looks at life on the edge of a world city from the perspective of residents.