Professor James White
- Professor of Planning and Urban Design (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
telephone:
0141 330 3664
email:
JamesT.White@glasgow.ac.uk
216/26 Bute Gardens, Glasgow
Biography
James White is Professor of Planning and Urban Design and Subject Group Co-Lead for Place and Built Environment in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy. He studied City and Regional Planning (BSc) and Urban Design (MA) at Cardiff University before completing his doctoral studies in Planning at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. James joined the University of Glasgow in 2012.
James is the Principal Investigator of URBAN RETROFIT, an ESRC-funded research project exploring how place-adaptation for net zero can be delivered through existing planning and development systems. URBAN RETROFIT is the headline research project of the Place theme at the ESRC-funded UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence where James is Deputy Director and Place theme lead. James recently completed the ESRC-funded REPAIR project (Real Estate Adaptation and Innovation within an Integrated Retailing System) as Co-Investigator and was part of an ESRC UK-South Korea Connections Grant project called Creating Prosperous City Centres Post-Pandemic Through Repurposing Retail Space.
Alongside his research, James teaches urban design and planning for urban sustainability to post-graduate students of City Planning, City Planning and Real Estate Development and Housing.
James is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Town Planner and a Member of the Urban Design Group. He sits on the Glasgow Urban Design Panel and serves as Chair of the University of Newcastle Partnership Board on behalf of the Royal Town Planning Institute and is a member of the ESRC Peer Review College.
Research interests
James is interested in the theory and application of design governance and place adaptation in the context of sustainable urban development. His research focuses is on the tools and mechanisms that planners use to shape the built environment and enhance urban design quality. He is especially interested in high-rise residential development, urban density, housing design quality and retrofitting city centres. James studies urban design and planning in UK and international contexts, including Canada.
James' recent published work on the UK includes a major study of housing design quality in the four UK nations that proposes a new model of the 'critical points of design intervention' in neighbourhood design, and analyses of the experience economy on the UK high street and the future of large city centre shopping malls. His international research includes a longitudinal study of planning and design governance on Toronto's waterfront and a global evidence review on high-rise urban form.
James' book, co-authored with John Punter, Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's CityPlace, follows the planning and design of a high-rise residential mega-project in Toronto and examines the design impacts of vertical urbanisation. It was published in May 2023. In addition to URBAN RETROFIT UK, James' current research focuses on the allocation of public spaces in private high-rise buildings and how 'land value capture' mechanisms shape urban design outcomes.
Research groups
Publications
2024
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
The future of placemaking in Scotland: moving beyond 'planning-by-concession'.
Scottish Planner(199),
p. 13.
Gardner, Alan, Orr, Allison M., Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
A framework for the management of retail assets.
Journal of European Real Estate Research,
(doi: 10.1108/JERER-01-2024-0004)
(Early Online Publication)
Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
Repurposing retail space: exploring stakeholder relationships.
Urban Studies, 61(1),
pp. 148-164.
(doi: 10.1177/00420980231178776)
2023
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2023)
Are well-designed places possible? A model of design governance intervention in the planning, design and development of new neighbourhoods.
Journal of Urban Design,
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2023.2296885)
(Early Online Publication)
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Hoolachan, A.
(2023)
A Human-centred Approach to Retrofitting Housing for Carbon Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges.
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023, Glasgow, UK, 4-6 Sept 2023.
Gibb, Kenn, Sharpe, Tim, Higney, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-3869, Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro, Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Hoolachan, Andrew
(2023)
Niddrie Road, Glasgow: Tenement Retrofit Evaluation.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.
Richardson, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188
(2023)
Progressive Placemaking in Scotland: The Long Road from Aspiration to Implementation.
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023, Glasgow, UK, 4-6 Sept 2023.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Orr, Allison
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821
(2023)
Averting dead mall syndrome: de-malling and the future of the purpose-built shopping center in large UK cities.
Journal of Urban Affairs,
(doi: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2239957)
(Early Online Publication)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James, Orr, Allison
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath and Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323
(2023)
The experience economy in UK city centres: a multidimensional and interconnected response to the 'death of the high street'?
Urban Studies, 60(10),
pp. 1833-1852.
(doi: 10.1177/00420980221143043)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2023)
Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's CityPlace.
UBC Press: Vancouver.
ISBN 9780774868396
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Shifting prime retailing pitches. A GIS analysis of the spatial adaptations in city centre retail markets.
Journal of Property Research, 40(2),
pp. 101-133.
(doi: 10.1080/09599916.2022.2141133)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Ownership diversity and fragmentation: a barrier to urban centre resilience.
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(3),
pp. 660-677.
(doi: 10.1177/23998083221124600)
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Not quite the ‘death of the high street’ in UK city centres: rising vacancy rates and the shift in property use richness and diversity.
Cities, 133,
104124.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.104124)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Changing tenant covenant perceptions and flexibility in the lease model in UK city centres.
Journal of Property Research, 40(1),
pp. 1-24.
(doi: 10.1080/09599916.2022.2057866)
2022
Webb, Brian and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
Planning and the high-rise neighbourhood: debates on vertical cities.
Urban Planning, 7(4),
pp. 208-212.
(doi: 10.17645/up.v7i4.6357)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Lawson, Victoria, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821
(2022)
Retail Change and Transition in UK City Centres. Real Estate, Place Adaptation and Innovation within an integrated Retailing system (REPAIR) End of Project Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James and Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323
(2022)
Leisure and entertainment experiences: Reshaping city centres.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow.
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
The Adaptiveness of the Retail Property Market in the UK. A Mixed Method Study of Change.
28th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society, Milan, Italy, 22-25 June 2022.
(Unpublished)
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
All change on the high street.
Context, 171,
pp. 14-17.
Orr, Allison McLean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, White, James Thomas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Lawson, Victoria
(2022)
Retail Decline and the Fate of the Urban Shopping Centre in UK City Centres.
2022 AAG Annual Meeting, 25 Feb - 01 Mar 2022.
(Unpublished)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
Adaptation of the Retail Investment Market in the UK: Changing Tenant Covenant Perceptions and Flexibility in the Lease Model.
In: 28th Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, 19 Jan 2022,
2021
Haart, M., Webb, B. and White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Nested aging: lifecycles in the vertical city.
Plan Canada, 2021(Summer),
pp. 32-36.
Richardson, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Design governance, austerity and the public interest: Planning and the delivery of 'well-designed places' in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Planning Theory and Practice, 22(4),
pp. 572-594.
(doi: 10.1080/14649357.2021.1958911)
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2021)
High-Rise Residential Development: An International Evidence Review.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188
(2021)
Designing streets to designing neighbourhoods?
Scottish Planner, 184,
pp. 8-9.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Delivering housing design value – is the momentum building?
[Website]
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Foye, Christopher
(2021)
Guest Blog: A skills revolution to create the healthy, well-designed places of the future.
[Website]
Foye, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
How can we improve the design value of new housing and neighbourhoods?
Housing Quality Magazine(1),
pp. 14-15.
Chen, Fei and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Urban design governance in three Chinese ‘pioneer cities’.
International Planning Studies, 26(2),
pp. 130-148.
(doi: 10.1080/13563475.2020.1752160)
2020
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2020)
The housing design quality conundrum - what can be done about it?
[Website]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2020)
Delivering design value: The housing design quality conundrum.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2020)
Designing the Global City: Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney.
Planning Theory and Practice, 21(5),
pp. 812-815.
(doi: 10.1080/14649357.2020.1842593)[Book Review]
2019
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2019)
What once was old is new again: placemaking and transformational regeneration in Glasgow.
In: Kintrea, Keith and Madgin, Rebecca (eds.)
Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City.
Policy Press: Bristol, pp. 201-219.
ISBN 9781447349778
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2019)
Real Estate Adaptation and Innovation: Diversity and Landownership.
26th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society, Cergy-Pontoise, France, 3-6 July 2019.
(Unpublished)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Chapple, Heather
(2019)
Beyond design review: collaborating to create well-designed places in Scotland.
Journal of Urban Design, 24(4),
pp. 597-604.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1529537)
2018
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, Tom, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Samual, Flora
(2018)
Design Value at the neighbourhood scale: what does it mean and how do we measure it?
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
What Once was Old is New Again: Placemaking and Transformational Regeneration in Glasgow.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 58th Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY, USA, 25-28 Oct 2018.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
High-rise residential development: an international evidence review.
[Website]
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
What Once was Old is New Again: Placemaking and Transformational Regeneration in Glasgow.
Planning Research Conference 2018, Sheffield, UK, 03-05 Sep 2018.
Serin, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Samuel, F., White, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, T. and Foye, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714
(2018)
The Value of Design in Housing and Neighbourhoods.
ENHR International Conference: More Together, More Apart: Migration, Densification, Segregation, Uppsala, Sweden, 26-29 Jun 2018.
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora and Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714
(2018)
Housing Placemaking: What is the Value of Design?
[Website]
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, T., White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Samuel, F.
(2018)
Design Value at the Neighbourhood Scale: What Does It Mean and How Do We Measure It?
Housing Studies Association Conference, Sheffield, UK, 10-12 Apr 2018.
2017
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Bunn, Christopher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305
(2017)
Growing in Glasgow: Innovative practices and emerging policy pathways for urban agriculture.
Land Use Policy, 68,
pp. 334-344.
(doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.056)
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2017)
CityPlace, Toronto: Policy Mobility and Vancouverism.
Planning Research Conference 2017, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11-13 Sep 2017.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2017)
Toronto's Vancouverism: developer adaptation, planning responses, and the challenge of design quality.
Town Planning Review, 88(2),
pp. 173-200.
(doi: 10.3828/tpr.2016.45)
2016
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2016)
Toronto's 'Vancouverism': Developer Adaptation, Planning Responses, and the Challenge of Design Quality.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 56th Annual Conference, Portland, OR, USA, 03-06 Nov 2016.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2016)
Pursuing design excellence: Urban design governance on Toronto's waterfront.
Progress in Planning, 110,
pp. 1-41.
(doi: 10.1016/j.progress.2015.06.001)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2016)
Planning as placemaking? The case of the East Bayfront Precinct planning process.
In: Thomas, Ren (ed.)
Planning Canada: A Case Study Approach.
Oxford University Press Canada.
ISBN 9780199008070
2015
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Separating the Personal, Professional and Political: Realising Effective Urban Design Review on Toronto's Waterfront.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 55th Annual Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 22-25 Oct 2015.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
The case of Toronto's waterfront.
In:
DECADE: a Collection of Reflections to Mark 10 Years of Architecture and Design Scotland.
Architecture and Design Scotland, p. 46.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2015)
Toronto's Vancouverism: Developer Adaptation, Planning Responses, and the Challenge of Design Quality.
Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 Jul 2015.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Future directions in urban design as public policy: reassessing best practice principles for design review and development management.
Journal of Urban Design, 20(3),
pp. 325-348.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1031212)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Measuring Urban Design: Metrics for Livable Places, by Ewing, R. and Clemente, O.
Journal of Urban Design, 20(2),
pp. 291-292.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1008881)[Book Review]
2014
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2014)
Future Directions in Urban Design as Public Policy: Reassessing Best Practice Principles for Design Review and Development Management.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 30 Oct - 02 Nov 2014.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2014)
Design by competition and the potential for public participation: assessing an urban design competition on Toronto’s waterfront.
Journal of Urban Design, 19(4),
pp. 541-564.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2014.923744)
2013
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Challenging the Rule of Experts: a Participatory Design Competition on Toronto's Waterfront.
Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 Jul 2013.
Senbel, M., Girling, C., White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kellett, R. and Chan, P.F.
(2013)
Precedents reconceived: urban design learning catalysed through data rich 3-D digital models.
Design Studies, 34(1),
pp. 74-92.
(doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2012.08.001)
Adams, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-0007, Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Smart parcelization and place diversity: reconciling real estate and urban design priorities.
Journal of Urban Design, 18(4),
pp. 459-477.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2013.824367)
Senbel, M., Girling, C., Kellet, R. and White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Evaluating a web based urban design reference tool.
In: Berney, R. (ed.)
Urban Nature, Conference Proceedings of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), 2011.
Figueroa Press: Los Angeles, CA, USA, pp. 197-216.
2011
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2011)
An Evaluative Study of Urban Design as Public Policy on Toronto's Waterfront.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 52nd Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 13-16 Oct 2011.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2011)
Beth Moore Milroy, Thinking Planning and Urbanism.
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31(3),
pp. 363-365.
(doi: 10.1177/0739456X11398199)[Book Review]
2009
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2009)
The Politics of Urban Design Decision Making in Large-Scale Urban Development Projects in Canadian Cities.
Association of American Georgraphers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 22-27 Mar 2009.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2009)
America’s Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment, by P.H. Brown.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 18(2),
pp. 99-101.
[Book Review]
2008
White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2008)
An ecological design philosophy: Randolph T. Hester's design for ecological democracy.
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 1(2),
pp. 187-198.
(doi: 10.1080/17549170802221542)[Book Review]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2008)
Tradition Today: Continuity in Architecture and Society, by R. Adam and M. Hardy (eds.).
International Planning Studies, 13(3),
pp. 287-289.
(doi: 10.1080/13563470802521465)[Book Review]
2006
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2006)
Downtown Calgary: in pursuit of urban design quality.
Urban Design Quarterly, Winter,
pp. 16-17.
Articles
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
The future of placemaking in Scotland: moving beyond 'planning-by-concession'.
Scottish Planner(199),
p. 13.
Gardner, Alan, Orr, Allison M., Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
A framework for the management of retail assets.
Journal of European Real Estate Research,
(doi: 10.1108/JERER-01-2024-0004)
(Early Online Publication)
Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2024)
Repurposing retail space: exploring stakeholder relationships.
Urban Studies, 61(1),
pp. 148-164.
(doi: 10.1177/00420980231178776)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2023)
Are well-designed places possible? A model of design governance intervention in the planning, design and development of new neighbourhoods.
Journal of Urban Design,
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2023.2296885)
(Early Online Publication)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Orr, Allison
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821
(2023)
Averting dead mall syndrome: de-malling and the future of the purpose-built shopping center in large UK cities.
Journal of Urban Affairs,
(doi: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2239957)
(Early Online Publication)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James, Orr, Allison
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath and Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323
(2023)
The experience economy in UK city centres: a multidimensional and interconnected response to the 'death of the high street'?
Urban Studies, 60(10),
pp. 1833-1852.
(doi: 10.1177/00420980221143043)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Shifting prime retailing pitches. A GIS analysis of the spatial adaptations in city centre retail markets.
Journal of Property Research, 40(2),
pp. 101-133.
(doi: 10.1080/09599916.2022.2141133)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Ownership diversity and fragmentation: a barrier to urban centre resilience.
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(3),
pp. 660-677.
(doi: 10.1177/23998083221124600)
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Not quite the ‘death of the high street’ in UK city centres: rising vacancy rates and the shift in property use richness and diversity.
Cities, 133,
104124.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.104124)
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2023)
Changing tenant covenant perceptions and flexibility in the lease model in UK city centres.
Journal of Property Research, 40(1),
pp. 1-24.
(doi: 10.1080/09599916.2022.2057866)
Webb, Brian and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
Planning and the high-rise neighbourhood: debates on vertical cities.
Urban Planning, 7(4),
pp. 208-212.
(doi: 10.17645/up.v7i4.6357)
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
All change on the high street.
Context, 171,
pp. 14-17.
Haart, M., Webb, B. and White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Nested aging: lifecycles in the vertical city.
Plan Canada, 2021(Summer),
pp. 32-36.
Richardson, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Design governance, austerity and the public interest: Planning and the delivery of 'well-designed places' in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Planning Theory and Practice, 22(4),
pp. 572-594.
(doi: 10.1080/14649357.2021.1958911)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188
(2021)
Designing streets to designing neighbourhoods?
Scottish Planner, 184,
pp. 8-9.
Foye, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
How can we improve the design value of new housing and neighbourhoods?
Housing Quality Magazine(1),
pp. 14-15.
Chen, Fei and White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Urban design governance in three Chinese ‘pioneer cities’.
International Planning Studies, 26(2),
pp. 130-148.
(doi: 10.1080/13563475.2020.1752160)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Chapple, Heather
(2019)
Beyond design review: collaborating to create well-designed places in Scotland.
Journal of Urban Design, 24(4),
pp. 597-604.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1529537)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Bunn, Christopher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305
(2017)
Growing in Glasgow: Innovative practices and emerging policy pathways for urban agriculture.
Land Use Policy, 68,
pp. 334-344.
(doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.056)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2017)
Toronto's Vancouverism: developer adaptation, planning responses, and the challenge of design quality.
Town Planning Review, 88(2),
pp. 173-200.
(doi: 10.3828/tpr.2016.45)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2016)
Pursuing design excellence: Urban design governance on Toronto's waterfront.
Progress in Planning, 110,
pp. 1-41.
(doi: 10.1016/j.progress.2015.06.001)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Future directions in urban design as public policy: reassessing best practice principles for design review and development management.
Journal of Urban Design, 20(3),
pp. 325-348.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1031212)
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2014)
Design by competition and the potential for public participation: assessing an urban design competition on Toronto’s waterfront.
Journal of Urban Design, 19(4),
pp. 541-564.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2014.923744)
Senbel, M., Girling, C., White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kellett, R. and Chan, P.F.
(2013)
Precedents reconceived: urban design learning catalysed through data rich 3-D digital models.
Design Studies, 34(1),
pp. 74-92.
(doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2012.08.001)
Adams, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-0007, Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Smart parcelization and place diversity: reconciling real estate and urban design priorities.
Journal of Urban Design, 18(4),
pp. 459-477.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2013.824367)
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2006)
Downtown Calgary: in pursuit of urban design quality.
Urban Design Quarterly, Winter,
pp. 16-17.
Books
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2023)
Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's CityPlace.
UBC Press: Vancouver.
ISBN 9780774868396
Book Sections
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2019)
What once was old is new again: placemaking and transformational regeneration in Glasgow.
In: Kintrea, Keith and Madgin, Rebecca (eds.)
Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City.
Policy Press: Bristol, pp. 201-219.
ISBN 9781447349778
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2016)
Planning as placemaking? The case of the East Bayfront Precinct planning process.
In: Thomas, Ren (ed.)
Planning Canada: A Case Study Approach.
Oxford University Press Canada.
ISBN 9780199008070
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
The case of Toronto's waterfront.
In:
DECADE: a Collection of Reflections to Mark 10 Years of Architecture and Design Scotland.
Architecture and Design Scotland, p. 46.
Senbel, M., Girling, C., Kellet, R. and White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Evaluating a web based urban design reference tool.
In: Berney, R. (ed.)
Urban Nature, Conference Proceedings of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), 2011.
Figueroa Press: Los Angeles, CA, USA, pp. 197-216.
Book Reviews
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2020)
Designing the Global City: Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney.
Planning Theory and Practice, 21(5),
pp. 812-815.
(doi: 10.1080/14649357.2020.1842593)[Book Review]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Measuring Urban Design: Metrics for Livable Places, by Ewing, R. and Clemente, O.
Journal of Urban Design, 20(2),
pp. 291-292.
(doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1008881)[Book Review]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2011)
Beth Moore Milroy, Thinking Planning and Urbanism.
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31(3),
pp. 363-365.
(doi: 10.1177/0739456X11398199)[Book Review]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2009)
America’s Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment, by P.H. Brown.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 18(2),
pp. 99-101.
[Book Review]
White, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2008)
An ecological design philosophy: Randolph T. Hester's design for ecological democracy.
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 1(2),
pp. 187-198.
(doi: 10.1080/17549170802221542)[Book Review]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2008)
Tradition Today: Continuity in Architecture and Society, by R. Adam and M. Hardy (eds.).
International Planning Studies, 13(3),
pp. 287-289.
(doi: 10.1080/13563470802521465)[Book Review]
Research Reports or Papers
Gibb, Kenn, Sharpe, Tim, Higney, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-3869, Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro, Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Hoolachan, Andrew
(2023)
Niddrie Road, Glasgow: Tenement Retrofit Evaluation.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Lawson, Victoria, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821
(2022)
Retail Change and Transition in UK City Centres. Real Estate, Place Adaptation and Innovation within an integrated Retailing system (REPAIR) End of Project Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James and Richardson, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323
(2022)
Leisure and entertainment experiences: Reshaping city centres.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2021)
High-Rise Residential Development: An International Evidence Review.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549
(2020)
Delivering design value: The housing design quality conundrum.
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, Tom, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Samual, Flora
(2018)
Design Value at the neighbourhood scale: what does it mean and how do we measure it?
Project Report.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Glasgow.
Conference or Workshop Item
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Hoolachan, A.
(2023)
A Human-centred Approach to Retrofitting Housing for Carbon Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges.
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023, Glasgow, UK, 4-6 Sept 2023.
Richardson, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188
(2023)
Progressive Placemaking in Scotland: The Long Road from Aspiration to Implementation.
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023, Glasgow, UK, 4-6 Sept 2023.
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
The Adaptiveness of the Retail Property Market in the UK. A Mixed Method Study of Change.
28th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society, Milan, Italy, 22-25 June 2022.
(Unpublished)
Orr, Allison McLean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, White, James Thomas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Lawson, Victoria
(2022)
Retail Decline and the Fate of the Urban Shopping Centre in UK City Centres.
2022 AAG Annual Meeting, 25 Feb - 01 Mar 2022.
(Unpublished)
Orr, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Stewart, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2019)
Real Estate Adaptation and Innovation: Diversity and Landownership.
26th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society, Cergy-Pontoise, France, 3-6 July 2019.
(Unpublished)
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
What Once was Old is New Again: Placemaking and Transformational Regeneration in Glasgow.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 58th Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY, USA, 25-28 Oct 2018.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
What Once was Old is New Again: Placemaking and Transformational Regeneration in Glasgow.
Planning Research Conference 2018, Sheffield, UK, 03-05 Sep 2018.
Serin, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Samuel, F., White, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, T. and Foye, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714
(2018)
The Value of Design in Housing and Neighbourhoods.
ENHR International Conference: More Together, More Apart: Migration, Densification, Segregation, Uppsala, Sweden, 26-29 Jun 2018.
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, T., White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Samuel, F.
(2018)
Design Value at the Neighbourhood Scale: What Does It Mean and How Do We Measure It?
Housing Studies Association Conference, Sheffield, UK, 10-12 Apr 2018.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2017)
CityPlace, Toronto: Policy Mobility and Vancouverism.
Planning Research Conference 2017, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11-13 Sep 2017.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2016)
Toronto's 'Vancouverism': Developer Adaptation, Planning Responses, and the Challenge of Design Quality.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 56th Annual Conference, Portland, OR, USA, 03-06 Nov 2016.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2015)
Separating the Personal, Professional and Political: Realising Effective Urban Design Review on Toronto's Waterfront.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 55th Annual Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 22-25 Oct 2015.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Punter, John
(2015)
Toronto's Vancouverism: Developer Adaptation, Planning Responses, and the Challenge of Design Quality.
Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 Jul 2015.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2014)
Future Directions in Urban Design as Public Policy: Reassessing Best Practice Principles for Design Review and Development Management.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 30 Oct - 02 Nov 2014.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2013)
Challenging the Rule of Experts: a Participatory Design Competition on Toronto's Waterfront.
Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 Jul 2013.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2011)
An Evaluative Study of Urban Design as Public Policy on Toronto's Waterfront.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 52nd Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 13-16 Oct 2011.
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2009)
The Politics of Urban Design Decision Making in Large-Scale Urban Development Projects in Canadian Cities.
Association of American Georgraphers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 22-27 Mar 2009.
Conference Proceedings
Orr, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2022)
Adaptation of the Retail Investment Market in the UK: Changing Tenant Covenant Perceptions and Flexibility in the Lease Model.
In: 28th Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, 19 Jan 2022,
Website
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2021)
Delivering housing design value – is the momentum building?
[Website]
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Foye, Christopher
(2021)
Guest Blog: A skills revolution to create the healthy, well-designed places of the future.
[Website]
White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2020)
The housing design quality conundrum - what can be done about it?
[Website]
White, James T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165
(2018)
High-rise residential development: an international evidence review.
[Website]
Serin, Bilge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora and Foye, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714
(2018)
Housing Placemaking: What is the Value of Design?
[Website]
Grants
Current
PI, URBAN RETROFIT: Scaling up place-based adaptations to the built environment through planning and development systems, ESRC, 2024-2027, £1,502,504
Co-I, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (Phase 2), ESRC, 2022-2026, £1,172,652
Previous
Co-I, Creating Prosperous City Centres Post-Pandemic Through Repurposing Retail Space, ESRC UK-South Korea Connectrions Grant, 2022-2023, £50,000
Co-I, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, ESRC, AHRC and Joesph Rowntree Foundation, 2017-2022, £6,070,028
Co-I, Real Estate Adaptation and Innovation within an Integrated Retailing System (REPAIR), ESRC Standard Grant, 2018-2021, £513,301
Co-I, Challenges and Solutions for Ageing High-Rise Neighbourhoods in Japan and the UK, 2019-2020, ESRC/AHRC UK-Japan SSH Connections Call, £49,505.00
Supervision
James welcomes PhD students who are interested in researching urban design, planning for sustainability, place adaptation, high-rise buildings and the implications of urban design governance and urban design as public policy on city form.
Current students
- Yesudas, Noelene Marisa
Luxury High-rise Housing: Characteristics, Perspectives and Experiences from Bengaluru, India
Teaching
Contributor
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Designing Places - a 10-credit course that introduces post-graduate students to the core concepts of urban design theory and practice.
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Urban Design Policy and Practice - a 10-credit course that challenges post-graduate students to evaluate the various tools and mechanisms used by design and planning professionals to shape the built environment.
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Sustainable Housing Development - a 10- and 20-credit course that explores housing design at multiple spatial skills through a sustainability lens.