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

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165

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.

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Publications

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2024

White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, J. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-3869, Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro, Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323, White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Orr, Allison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James, Orr, Allison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath and Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Lawson, Victoria, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James and Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 (2022) Leisure and entertainment experiences: Reshaping city centres. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

Orr, Allison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2022) All change on the high street. Context, 171, pp. 14-17.

Orr, Allison McLean ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, White, James Thomas ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 (2021) Designing streets to designing neighbourhoods? Scottish Planner, 184, pp. 8-9.

White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2021) Delivering housing design value – is the momentum building? [Website]

White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2020) The housing design quality conundrum - what can be done about it? [Website]

White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, Tom, White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2018) High-rise residential development: an international evidence review. [Website]

White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Samuel, F., White, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, T. and Foye, C. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora and Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 (2018) Housing Placemaking: What is the Value of Design? [Website]

Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, T., White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Bunn, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-0007, Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2006) Downtown Calgary: in pursuit of urban design quality. Urban Design Quarterly, Winter, pp. 16-17.

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Articles

White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Orr, Allison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James, Orr, Allison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath and Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath C. and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 (2021) Designing streets to designing neighbourhoods? Scottish Planner, 184, pp. 8-9.

Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Bunn, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-0007, Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-3869, Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro, Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Lawson, Victoria, Gardner, Alan, Hickie, James, Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 and Stewart, Joanna L. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Hickie, James and Richardson, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323 (2022) Leisure and entertainment experiences: Reshaping city centres. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora, Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714, James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-6188 and Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, Tom, White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, J. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-1323, White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 and James, Gareth ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath, Lawson, Victoria, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, White, James Thomas ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Jackson, Cath, Stewart, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3821 and White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Samuel, F., White, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, T. and Foye, C. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, Kenny, T., White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2159, Gardner, Alan, Jackson, Cath and White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2021) Delivering housing design value – is the momentum building? [Website]

White, James ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2020) The housing design quality conundrum - what can be done about it? [Website]

White, James T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165 (2018) High-rise residential development: an international evidence review. [Website]

Serin, Bilge ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-0549, White, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-3165, Kenny, Tom, Samuel, Flora and Foye, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2714 (2018) Housing Placemaking: What is the Value of Design? [Website]

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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

  • Designing Places - a 10-credit course that introduces post-graduate students to the core concepts of urban design theory and practice.

  • 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.

  • Sustainable Housing Development - a 10- and 20-credit course that explores housing design at multiple spatial skills through a sustainability lens.