Focusing on the critical issues of housing development, this book explores the balance between quantity and quality in new housing projects. It delves into the planning debates surrounding residential design, offering insights into how to achieve high standards while meeting the growing demand for housing. The text emphasizes the importance of design quality in creating sustainable and livable communities, making it a vital resource for planners, architects, and policymakers.
A detailed exploration of the governance of urban design around Europe. Urban Design Governance takes a deep dive into the governance of urban design around Europe. It examines interventions in the means and processes of designing the built environment as devised by public authorities and other stakeholders across the continent, paying particular attention to the use of soft powers and allied financial mechanisms to influence design quality in the public interest. In doing so, the book traces the scope, use, and effectiveness of the range of informal, non-regulatory urban design governance tools that governments, municipalities, and others have at their disposal.