Developing Urban Design as Public Policy: Best Practice Principles for Design Review and Development Management
- 21 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Urban Design
- Vol. 12 (2), 167-202
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13574800701306195
Abstract
This paper develops and discusses some 12 principles for best practice design review internationally. It seeks to embed these principles in plan making, design policy and guideline formulation and development control in planning systems at various stages of development. The principles are derived from critiques of review practices in the USA and Western Europe in both regulatory and discretionary planning systems. The principles are grouped under four headings: community vision, integration of planning and zoning, substantive urban design principles and due process in review. Each principle is discussed separately with examples of best practice and identification of common problems and solutions. Particular attention is paid to the incorporation of sustainable development perspectives, and the need to construct substantive and place-responsive design principles and forms. A conclusion discusses the ambition of these principles, their implementation in difficult economic and political contexts, and the tensions between design and diversity.This publication has 44 references indexed in Scilit:
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