Planning Week 1995 - Abstracts

Planning Week 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
7. Les Savoyards. (origins of French people, part 7, Savoie)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEmmanuel LeRoy Ladurie
A breakdown in communications with ground control: as the cellphone operators look to expand their networks, local authorities want to keep sites to a minimum.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard Thompsett
Accommodating differencs. (42nd World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKelvin MacDonald
Accommodating the masses.(UK housing policy)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Achieving sustainable development.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJim Parke
A clean Bill of health?: on 6 June, the Government published an amendment to the Environment Bill which set out a duty for local authorities to undertake air quality management.Engineering and manufacturing industriesSimon Hickmott
A criminal injustice?: provision must be made for travellers as society and lifestyles continue to change.Engineering and manufacturing industriesMike Breakell
A desire for streets without cars: car-free housing estates could become a reality if an Edinburgh scheme proves successful.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard Tompssett
A future for the past.(using geographic information systems to protect historical resources)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnthony Braithwaite
All around the houses: building homes on reclaimed land could see a repeat of the town cramming problem. So where does the solution lie?Engineering and manufacturing industriesChris Swanwick
Alloa Tower, Clackmannan. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
A Major role for planning to play. (UK prime government's policy on planning)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
A milestone on the nature trail. (PPG9 and nature conservation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGraham Culley
A SEA change for development plans: Central Region decided to adopt strategic environmental appraisals when altering its structure plan to 2006.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPam Findlater
A survival course in the local government jungle: the LGMB's Top Managers Programme fills a vital gap in the range of courses open to senior officers.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Studdert
Becoming a town planner. (membership of RTPI)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCliff Hague
Better by design.(Asnieres sur Oise, France)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIvor Samuels
Building on resources. (intensification of suburbs to meet rising demand for housing)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJulian Pitt
Business plan mapped out for Yorkshire.(business plan developed by branch of Royal Town Planning Institute in Yorkshire, England; includes related notes on the new structure for the Yorkshire branch)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSteve Quartermain
Caught in the act of chasing data.(using geographic information systems for data capture in a local government environment in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrian Palmer
Centres of excellence. (promoting collaboration in architecture and design through centres of excellence)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Chapman
Cheap and private in perpetuity.(UK housing policy examined)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Chirac le funambule. (Jacques Chirac, French President, and nuclear tests in South Pacific, includes related article on Australian opposition to French tests)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGerard Badou, Marc Epstein
Cities work best. (city areas are the most suitable areas for strategic planning)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Grove
Clearing the air: will HMIP guidance on the use of 'best available techniques not entailing excessive costs' engender confidence in pollution control authorities?Engineering and manufacturing industriesMarian Griffiths
Closing the loophole: this year's Town and Country Planning Regulations have closed a loophole that has existed since 1988.Engineering and manufacturing industriesWard Charles
Coming to the aid of the people. (results of a survey reveal popularity of Planning Aid services in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert Cowan
Compact but sustainable: when the solution to housing development is building on greenfield sites, how can the concepts of sustainability, such as cutting car use, be applied?Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Winter, Tessa Coombes, Stuart Farthing
Conservation overload: the high-techn requirements of modern financial institutions are putting listed buildings in Edinburgh's 'Square Mile' at risk on all fronts.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn MacRae
Contracting out planning.Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Napier
Controlling interests. (Local Authorities 1995 Companies Order)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKeith Hayton, John Gray
Corporate conclusions.(using geographic information systems at an English local government department)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIan Gilfoyle, David Challen
Croatie: le mois prochain a Vukovar. (Croatia, includes related article)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSylvaine Pasquier, Jean Lesieur
Croydon and Midlands tram schemes get tickets to ride.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Cycling tips. (local authorities keen to introduce positive cycling policies)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoger Boulter
Diagnosing tree stress.(conserving trees and diagnosing problems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesNigel Harris
DoE shoots down Redhill proposal. (environment secretary rejects plans for commercial airport at Redhill)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
DoE tightens Green Belt guidance note.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Drawing up battlelines. (local plan reviews)(Abstract)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKeith Mayoh
EAs and the local plan: government policy requires local plans to be subjected to EAs. But how do you do it and how can it be made into an effective planning tool?Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames Caird
Eau de vie. (the benefits of water-side planning)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJudith Grice
Economic litmus test for listed issues. (preservation of modern buildings in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Energy and development: what planners can do.(UK energy and planning policy)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Dean
Entering the coastal zone: authorities in the coastal zone are realising the importance of adopting a wider view on their shoreline responsibilities.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJane Taussik
Espagne: les enfants de la Movida. (swinging Madrid, Spain, and post-Franco Spanish culture)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPascal Dupont
European planning sans frontieres. (European planning and lessons for the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobin Thompson
Exploring the missing link: how fare are the planning schools providing graduates with the right knowledge and skills for a rapidly changing employment market?Engineering and manufacturing industriesNick Bailey
Fee-setting put on hold: will the DoE's U-turn on its original proposals over the controversial issue of fee-setting last?Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Taylor
Festive reasons.(German Garden Festivals)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Sheard
Fingers crossed.(plans to regenerate Kingds Cros, London, England)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEric Dear
Food for thought: revitalising the high street needs more than just a refusal to all greenfield superstore proposals.Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnthony Fyson, Morrison Murdo
Form and structure: managers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to design the structure of their departments to best fit the purpose for which they exist.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoger Hawkins
Forward visions. (town planners should be encouraged to be visionaries)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Allinson
Fringe benefits of regeneration: the problem of regeneration in the EU's peripheral regions was the main issue at this month's Association of European Schools of Planning conference.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJanet Brand
Getting it right the first time.(using geographic information systems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIsobel Page
GIS: dead or alive? (town planning information systems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIan Gilfoyle
Going Dutch. (the village of Ecolonia illustrates the Netherlands' commitment to sustainable development)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrian Edwards
Government guidance...what guidance?: the government's guidelines on the establishment of new settlements is a complete shambles.Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnthony Goss
Government 'reinterprets sustainability.'Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Guidance to the Environment Agency misses its target, warns the Institute.(UK government's environmental policy criticised)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Gummer pledges 'programme for the promotion of quality'.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Gummer states white paper will loosen controls.Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrian Baker
Gummer strides on down 'Quality' street. (John Gummer, secretary of state for the environment, gives details of planning philosophy)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Harmonisations on an urban theme.(manifesto on urban design)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard Tompsett
Here's looking at you and you and you and...: CCTV cameras have been adopted in the fight against crime in a residential area of Newcastle.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Brooks, Stephen Graham, Daniel Heery
Herts goes green on industrial strategy. (new environmentally-friendly industrial strategy for Hertfordshire)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
High time for some more PR: planning still has a task ahead of it win the hearts and minds of its customer base.Engineering and manufacturing industriesTrevor Gasson
Horton Tower Conservation Project, Dorest. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Hubble: les decouvertes fantastiques. (astronomy, includes related articles)(Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSylvie O'Dy, Francoise Harrois-Monin
Humberside takes action: Humberside County Council's comprehensive Local Agenda 21 uses innovative and democratic approaches to tackle sustainability issues at the local level.Engineering and manufacturing industriesIan Biddick
Indicating the possible: the goal of sustainable development requires the adoption of 'indicators' in order to assess the progress of technologies and methodoligies used.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoy Stewart
Influential figure in British planning dies.(David Eversley)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGordon Cherry
Innovation through consistency and continuity: initiatives to achieve innovation in the built environment should be high on planners' agendas.Engineering and manufacturing industriesBill Turner
Institute sets up Welsh Planning Policy Panel.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Institute welcomes new strategic approach to regeneration in Scotland.(UK government policy toward Scotland)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Institute welcomes stronger controls in Conservation Areas. (RTPI)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Invisible agendas: EuroFEM was established as a network for women to swap ideas and experiences on projects in the built environment.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRose Gilroy, Christine Booth
Irish group is fighting planning 'corruption.'Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Baber, Anthony Garvey
Ivory towers come down to earth: the doors to higher education institutions are open wider than ever before to local planning authorities, according to a new survey.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDerek Stroud
Landfill liabilities. (controversy over landfill sites in Bedfordshire)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLaurence Pollock
Law Lords 'lessen the burden': the Lords' decision in favour of the Trafford Park Centre at Dumplington has wider national implications. (includes related article)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Barber
Leading by example: the access issue. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesFay Wolftree
Leaner and fitter?: preparing for reorganisation in April has seen the Welsh becoming the pioneers of some radical developments.Engineering and manufacturing industriesSam Romaya
Legally-bound.(green belt)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPaul Warner
Les cites interdites. (French no-go areas)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRomain Rosso, Fadila Semai
Les mille et un ennuis. (Iraq)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVincent Hugeux
LGC bucks against the unitary trend. (Local Government Commission to publish mapy of future county structures)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Listed buildings and conservation areas.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHugh Begg
Local implications from a global revolution.(discussion of the 'Cities in Evolution' paper)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVicky Browning
L'ombre des Khmers rouges. (Mekong River, part 3, Cambodia)Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristian Hoche
London Branch lines.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoger Pidgeon
London lags behind in millennium plans.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
LPAC sets its sights on industry's revival. (London, England)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSteve Cox, Abigail Warren
Managing your future. (planners in management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRevor Roberts
Mawhinney refuses new runways for Heathrow Gatwick.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Mitterand's masterpieces.Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrian Edwards, Linda Stanley
Moscou: le Sauveur ressuscite. (Moscow cathedral to be rebuilt)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBernard Lecomte, Alla Chevelkina
Mounting a comeback?: traditional civic statues have been replaced by abstract sculpture but, asks Peter Jones in his award-winning paper, is the 'man on a horse' set to ride back into town?Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Natural selection?: Adoption of new interviewing techniques and the impact of local government reorganisation pose job applicants with fresh challenges.Engineering and manufacturing industriesBridget Seddon, Derek Osbourne
Natural steps along the tourist trail: problems inevitably abound in tourist areas like Purbeck and Devon, but with care the effects can be diffused.Engineering and manufacturing industriesBob Dightam
New developments in Green Belt guidance: does the new PPG2 on Green Belts provide a chink of light for developers?Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Taylor
No more heroes any more?(planning for the sustainable city)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCliff Hague
North Ashington, Northimberland. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Obeying orders. (difficult enforcement rules can be solved by more cooperation between solicitors and planners)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Haslam
Out and about with the Secretary General. (RTPI membership)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Park prospects. (business parks)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Baker
Partnerships set sail on coastal planning.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJeremy Schofield
PET's new training initiatives.(Planning and Environmental Training(PET))Engineering and manufacturing industriesLinda Durtnal
Pioneers on the urban frontier. (housing development in Kiel underlines the importance of sustainable development)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBill Neill
Planing for people: what can a women's network offer its members?Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoan Green
Planning Aid starts to come of age. (Planning Aid services in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert Cowan
Politics, theory and practice.(UK local government and planning policy)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAndrew Fyson
Ponction publique. (French employment and economic policies)(Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGeorges Valance
Portrait of a plan-thusiast. (Jed Griffiths, new president of the Royal Town Planning Institute) (Interview)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Power games: in his short-listed Summer School Prize Paper, Rory McWilliams argues for elevating planning's role.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Prickshaw Village, Rochdale. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Reform and regeneration in the new Russia. (planning in Russia)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Bury
Revision of PPG12 will hasten adoptions. (moves to accelerate UDP and local plan adoptions)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Romania revisited. (Romanian planning law)Engineering and manufacturing industriesStephen Crow
RTPI Commons-hosted debate votes in favour of elected London body.Engineering and manufacturing industriesYvonne Cook
RTPI gives advice over EU metric directive confusion. (impact of directive on documents using imperial measures in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Rural areas development must not be restricted.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Rural rethink. (rural planning in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesStephen Owen
Schemes to lift the spirits.(Civic Trust Awards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVicky Browning
Scope for growth: to grow or not to grow that is the question - or is it?. (historic cities)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSandra Roebuck, Adrian Gurney
Scotland and the urban village.Engineering and manufacturing industriesIan Kelly
Seeing the wood for the trees.(using geographic information systems for forestry projects)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn McGuire, J.D. Flach
Shock tactics. (planners must become involved with energy demand issues)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAine Kelly, Simon Marvin
Shopping around: If town centres are to be 'viable' we need to know what users require from them.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPaul Sherman, Richard Dossett
Situation du gaullisme. (French politics)(Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJean-Claude Casanova
Spoilt for choice by the systems. (organisations could adopt environmental management systems as a new approach to sustainable development)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSimon Birnbaum
Straight from the Hart. (use of service plans by local councils; experiences at Hart District Council)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoy Percival
Strategy starts to surface for air quality testing.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
'Sustainable' draft MPG provokes need demand conflict.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Swimming against the tides of time. (the regeneration of Bridlington, England, as a tourist resort)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert Smith
SW lacks a sustainable regional strategy, conference told.(South West region)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTrevor Bolshaw
Taking the Oregon trail: the daily routine in an Oregon planning department appeared familiar but 'interestingly different'. (RTPI/APA exchange programme)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIan Biddick
Testing the waters.(using geographic information systems in shared networks in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Green
The bidding game: are the time, cost and resources expended by local authorities on SRB or ERDF bids the most effective way of addressing Britain's urban problems.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHilary Coleman
The Castle Mall Shopping Centre, Norwich. (planning achievement awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The greening of the black. (seminar on land reclamation in the Black Country)Engineering and manufacturing industriesClive Harridge
The implications of new directions. (implications of European directives to protect environmentally sensitive areas)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCharles Wood
The merging profile of building control: building control sections are at last being recognised as a vital part of the planning scene.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDick Wingate
The pitfalls of 'town cramming'. (infill and the housing problem)Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristopher Knight
The post-1991 enforcement system: an appraisal.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn (American attorney general) Mitchell
The price of tunnel vision: what are the causes of planning blight? and are pre-application proposals to blame.Engineering and manufacturing industriesCharles Uzzell
The SRB: taking stock. (Single Regeneration Budget)Engineering and manufacturing industriesStephen Hall
The Tate Gallery, St Ives.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The wheels of fortune: last week's 43m pounds sterling windfall for the National Cycle Network found few dissenting voices.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Transport planning and regeneration.Engineering and manufacturing industriesChris Donovan
Transport planning hits a fast track to '95. (likely developments in transport planning in 1995)Engineering and manufacturing industriesNick Davies
Troubles in store: a year of fragile peace in Northern Ireland looks like being followed by an equally determined ware for commercial supremacy by superstores.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDale Dr. Singleton
Turbulence over LOX. (controversy over plans for fifth London airport)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRon Blake
Up in the air... and out of focus? (how joint proposals on air quality proposed by the UK's Department of the Environment and Department of Transport will affect the planning system)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMarian Griffiths
Variations on a theme. (European Update)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Ludlow
Vision on.(Civic Trust Centre Vision programme)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAntony Rifkin
Visual reality. (computer-aided planning in the UK)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTony Hall
Vox pop: the RTPI has commissioned a study on the local delivery of planning services with a view to influencing the working arrangements of the new local authorities.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Spawforth
Who neds houses?: accurate forecasting of housing needs by survey seems logical. So why aren't they used more?Engineering and manufacturing industriesLesley Andrews, Duncan McCallum
Woodland ways. (the planting of new forests and woodlands can benefit local communities)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPaul Selman
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