{"product_id":"urban-design-in-the-real-estate-development-process-isbn-9781405192194","title":"Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process","description":"Urban design enables better places to be created for people and is thus seen in \u003ci\u003eUrban Design in the Real Estate Development Process\u003c\/i\u003e as a place-making activity, rather than the application of architectural aesthetics. Urban design policy can change the 'decision environment' of developers, financiers, designers and other actors in the real estate development process to make them take place-making more seriously.  \u003cp\u003eThis book reports diverse international experience from Europe and North America on the role and significance of urban design in the real estate development process and explores how higher quality development and better places can be achieved through public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is focused on four types of policy tool or instrument that have been deployed to promote better urban design: those that seek to shape, regulate or provide stimulus to real estate markets along with those aim to build capacity to achieve these. Urban design is therefore seen as a form of public policy that seeks to steer real estate development towards policy-shaped rather than market-led outcomes. The editors set the examples, case studies and evidence from international contributors within a substantive discussion of the impact of urban design policy tools and actions in specific development contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions from leading urban design theorists and practitioners explore how:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMasterplanning and infrastructure provision encourage high quality design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesign codes reconcile developers' needs for certainty and flexibility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear policy combined with firm regulation can transform developer behaviour\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntelligent parcelisation can craft the character of successful new urban districts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePowerful real estates interests can capture regulatory initiatives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimulus instruments can encourage good design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelopment competitions need careful management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesign review can foster developer commitment to design excellence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpeculative housebuilders respond in varied ways to the brownfield design challenge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhysical-financial models could help in assessing the benefits of design investment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUrban design can add value to the benefit of developers and cities as a whole.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Real Estate Development, Urban Design and the Tools Approach to Public Policy 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Tiesdell and David Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReal estate development 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpportunity space theory 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe tools approach to public policy 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShaping instruments 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulatory instruments 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStimulus instruments 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapacity-building instruments 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopers’ decision environments 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Masterplanning and Infrastructure in New Communities in Europe 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Falk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferences between the UK and Europe 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges for sustainable development 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean success stories 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoined-up planning in the Randstad 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: lessons for the UK 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Design Coding: Mediating the Tyrannies of Practice 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Carmona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe three tyrannies 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom development standards to design codes 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research findings 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Proactive Engagement in Urban Design – The Case of Chelmsford 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTony Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the turnaround 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe need for negotiation 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo examples 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflections on the developers’ response 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Plot Logic: Character-Building Through Creative Parcelisation 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Love and Christina Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting the rules 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParcelling and subdivision strategies 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe primacy of the urban realm 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe pitfalls of flexibility 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic viability of low-scale, densely distributed buildings 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative models 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Business of Codes: Urban Design Regulation in an Entrepreneurial Society 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas J. Marantz and Eran Ben-Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZoning America 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping America 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning the American future 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Good Design in the Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Syms and Andrew Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedeveloping and reusing brownfield sites: the policy and regulatory context 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStimulus instruments in practice 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Competitions as a Component of Design-Led Development (Place) Procurement 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Tolson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe place promoter 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe deliverer and competition participant 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe (end) place matters most 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe competition 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Design Review – An Effective Means of Raising Design Quality? 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Punter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins, emergence and critiques of design review internationally 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe typology of design review in England, Scotland and Wales 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational design review: the genesis of CABE’s procedures and processes 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow design review can increase the opportunity space for design 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe effectiveness of design review 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: design review and the quality of development control 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 ‘Business as Usual?’ – Exploring the Design Response of UK Speculative Housebuilders to the Brownfield\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelopment Challenge 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Adams and Sarah Payne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe design debate around speculative housing development 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe conventional approach to design and construction in speculative housebuilding 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding to the challenge of brownfield development 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Physical-Financial Modelling as an Aid to Developers’ Decision-Making 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Henneberry, Eckart Lange, Sarah Moore, Ed Morgan and Ning Zhao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign quality and development viability 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualisation and financial appraisal 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Design Champions – Fostering a Place-Making Culture and Capacity 236\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Tiesdell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe UK local government context 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe design champion as change agent 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdinburgh’s design champion initiative 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Value Creation Through Urban Design 258\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Hack and Lynne B. Sagalyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign and development projects 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies for enhancing value 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoupling urban design and development 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Connecting Urban Design to Real Estate Development 282\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Tiesdell and David Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban design and development economics 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpportunity space and developer–designer relations 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicy choices and policy design 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards a research agenda 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 316\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“David Adams has done a good job in completing the work to give a many-faceted set of insights on urban design in the broadest sense for all those involved in studying, planning and delivering the built environment.”  (\u003ci\u003eHousing Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 August 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This edited collection is a pragmatic book exploring various ways of increasing the likelihood that good urban design will result from the interaction of agents involved in the property development process.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban Design\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 February 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteve Tiesdell\u003c\/b\u003e, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Urban Studies, University of Glasgow  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Adams\u003c\/b\u003e, Ian Mactaggart Professor of Property and Urban Studies, University of Glasgow\u003c\/p\u003e  Urban design enables better places to be created for people and is thus seen in \u003ci\u003eUrban Design in the Real Estate Development Process\u003c\/i\u003e as a place-making activity, rather than the application of architectural aesthetics. Urban design policy can change the ‘decision environment’ of developers, financiers, designers and other actors in the real estate development process to make them take place-making more seriously.  \u003cp\u003eThis book reports diverse international experience from Europe and North America on the role and significance of urban design in the real estate development process and explores how higher quality development and better places can be achieved through public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is focused on four types of policy tool or instrument that have been deployed to promote better urban design: those that seek to shape, to regulate or to provide stimulus to real estate markets, along with those that aim to build\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecapacity. Urban design is therefore seen as a form of public policy that seeks to steer real estate development towards policy-shaped rather than market-led outcomes. The editors set the examples, case studies and evidence from\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003einternational contributors within a substantive discussion of the impact of urban design policy tools and actions in specific development contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions from leading urban design theorists and practitioners explore how:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMasterplanning and infrastructure provision encourage high quality design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesign codes reconcile developers’ needs for certainty and flexibility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear policy combined with firm regulation can transform developer behaviour\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntelligent parcelisation can craft the character of successful new urban districts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePowerful real estates’ interests can capture regulatory initiatives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimulus instruments can encourage good design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelopment competitions need careful management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesign review can foster developer commitment to design excellence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e• Speculative housebuilders respond in varied ways to the brownfield design challenge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhysical-financial models could help in assessing the benefits of design investment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUrban design can add value to the benefit of developers and cities as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990439805157,"sku":"NP9781405192194","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405192194.jpg?v=1761787834","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/urban-design-in-the-real-estate-development-process-isbn-9781405192194","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}