What does sustainable urban planning involve?
Sir Peter Hall
President of Town and Country Planning Association, Sustainability Consultant, Professor
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About the video: ‘What does sustainable urban planning involve?’
Sir Peter Hall reflects on the term ‘sustainability’ as applied to urban planning. He talks about the chief concerns facing urban planners today and discusses the different styles of urban design in Europe and North America. He talks about China’s continued, rapid economic growth. He ends by suggesting that European planners in particular can provide the Chinese with much useful advice with regards to new urban design.
Total views: 3,536
Filmed: London, UK on 9 September 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Anthony Alexander Camera - Anthony Alexander Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Green Man Productions
About Sir Peter Hall
Sir Peter Hall is Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at University College, London and President of the Town and Country Planning Association, Britain’s oldest environmental charity. Previous posts include Director of the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at the University of California, Berkeley. He has advised the British, American and Australian governments on urban development issues and has published over thirty books. Sir Peter Hall is widely acclaimed as the world’s most senior academic in the field of urban geography and city planning.
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