urbanisation

Overlapping uses will shape the future city

09.08.2018

Research suggests more and more of us will spend our lives in rented accommodation. What needs to change to make renting more attractive, secure and practical? Euan Durston argues for a wholesale change of...

RTPI Awards for Research Excellence shortlist

Shortlist for RTPI research awards announced

07.08.2018

Laura Edgar

International | RTPI Awards for Research Excellence | UK | urbanisation | Water & Marine

The shortlist for the 2018 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence includes projects that consider planning for different religions, urbanisation in Rwanda and Ethiopia and Scottish marine planning.

2018 Commonwealth Summit: Planning for prosperity, stability and a truly sustainable future

23.03.2018

Ros Ward MRTPI

Prosperity, security, fairness and sustainability are some of the challenges faced by members of the Commonwealth and these themes will be the focus of the ...

How modern cities are killing our ancient bodies – and what planners can do about it

31.01.2018

Gustav Milne

Modern cities are killing our Palaeolithic bodies, argues Gustav Milne. Although we can’t change our biology, we can change our living environments

News analysis: Conference considers lead role for planning north of the border

13.11.2017

Martin Read

The Planner's editor Martin Read reports from a 'bullish' RTPI Scotland conference

Surging ahead: How smarter urbanisation can help us meet the challenges of rapid growth

17.02.2017

Nicholas Falk

We might be leaving the EU as an institution, but as far as city planning goes we have much to learn from our European neighbours – hence the concept of ‘Smarter Urbanisation and Rapid Growth...

Why Habitat III must reflect the century of the city

05.09.2016

Brian Mark Evans

If we are to meet the planning challenges of the 21st century, we must recognise and respond to global trends in migration and urbanisation, says Brian Mark Evans

Can UN Habitat III effect real change in our cities?

05.09.2016

Zoe Green

There are fine words at the core of the New Urban Agenda, but there are better ways to reach the goals of the Habitat III conference, says Zoe Green

A history of Habitat

02.09.2016

Huw Morris

From Vancouver in 1976 to Quito in 2016, the UN's Habitat summits have attempted to set the agenda for urban planning around the world. Huw Morris looks at the history of Habitat

Two minutes with... Mark Ames

05.08.2016

Martha Harris

As the writer behind the influential I Bike London blog, Mark Ames was a significant lobbyist for better cycling infrastructure in the capital. Now resident in Australia, he’s using the experience to...

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