The Post-growth Turn & the Role of Planning
Dan Durrant introduces issue 51(1) on the theme of post-growth, offering reflections about the contributors’ agenda and drivers for engagement with the new direction for planning.
By Dan Durrant 8 Feb 2025
50 Years of Inclusion in the Built Environment
As part of the Golden Anniversary celebrations, I reviewed a half decade of Built Environment contributions on the theme of Inclusion. This involved revisiting an expansive set of works that touched on inclusive urban design and spaces as well as the ways to greater equity in cities, and the violence of exclusive practices...
By Lucy Natarajan 11 Nov 2024
The Power of Plans podcasts - Shenzhen, Dublin and New York
In a mini-series of podcasts, guest editors Wray & Natarajan join podcast guru Sam Stafford and three case study authors from the Special Issue on the Power of Plans.
By Ian Wray & Lucy Natarajan 30 Aug 2023
Unravelling the relationship between urban planning and public health
Urban Planning & Public Health' Guest Editors introduce the enormously relevant articles and themes of Special Issue 49 (1).
By Heeseo Rain Kwon, Kathy Pain, Cecilia Wong and Caglar Koksal 13 Aug 2023
Domestic Destruction: Violent Acts towards Self-Built Homes in Cairo and Los Angeles
This blog ‘Domestic Destruction’ on the violence around housing builds on the framings of violence in issue 40(3) Urban Violence and 37(1) Informal Urbanism, both guest-edited by our very own Editorial Board member, Yasser Elsheshtawy. Blog authors, University of Columbia Graduates Polina Stepanova (MArch) and Catherine...
By Polina Stepanova & Catherine Weilein 24 Jul 2023
An engine for ‘The Power of Plans’
John Walls reflects on Wray and Natarajan’s editorial, from the latest issue on the Power of Plans, and envisions an engine for change.
By John Walls, MRICS (Rtd) and MRTPI (Rtd) 23 Feb 2023
The Plans That Work
Ian Wray and Lucy Natarajan present issue 48(4) on the Power of Plans, and the Tri-Structure that helps explains impactful strategies.
By Ian Wray (Heseltine Institute) & Lucy Natarajan (UCL) 13 Jan 2023
A waltz or a tango? Public spaces in the Global North and South
In this blog Karina Landman and Christine Mady – guest editors of 48.2 Public Spaces in the Global North and South – reflect on the global diversity urban public space, and the back and forth of the social partners as they ‘dance’.
By Karina Landman and Christine Mady 5 Sep 2022
For better or for worse? Electric Scooter sharing business models
Contributors to the special issue on micromobility, Henna Sundqvist-Andberg, Anu Tuominen and Heidi Auvinen, reflect on how electric scooters, sharing business models and their role in sustainable urban mobility.
By Heidi Auvinen, Anu Tuominen & Henna Sundqvist-Andberg 4 Mar 2022
Will Covid-19 change the way we live in our cities?
Stefania Fiorentino, & Philip Allmendinger, from the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, reflect on the latest issue of Built Environment and their own work on planning cities post-Covid-19 .
By Stefania Fiorentino, & Philip Allmendinger 4 Nov 2021

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