Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates compact,transit-oriented,walkable,bicycle-friendly land use,including neighborhood schools,complete streets,and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. The term "smart growth" is particularly used in North America. In Europe and particularly the UK,the terms "compact city","urban densification" or "urban intensification" have often been used to describe similar concepts,which have influenced government planning policies in the UK,the Netherlands and several other European countries.
Graduate School of Architecture,Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University,a private research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and prestigious architecture school. It is also home to the Masters of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design,Historic Preservation,Real Estate Development,Urban Design,and Urban Planning.
Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall was an English town planner,urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett,University College London and president of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association. Hall was one of the most prolific and influential urbanists of the twentieth century.
Smart Growth America (SGA) is a US non-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Washington,D.C.
Wendell Cox is an American urban policy analyst and proponent of the use of the private car over rail projects. He is the principal and sole owner of Wendell Cox Consultancy/Demographia,based in the St. Louis metropolitan region and editor of three web sites,Demographia,The Public Purpose and Urban Tours by Rental Car. Cox is a fellow of numerous conservative think tanks and a frequent op-ed commenter in conservative US and UK newspapers.
Workforce housing is a term that is increasingly used by planners,government,and organizations concerned with housing policy or advocacy. It is gaining cachet with realtors,developers and lenders. Workforce housing can refer to any form of housing,including ownership of single or multi-family homes,as well as occupation of rental units. Workforce housing is generally understood to mean affordable housing for households with earned income that is insufficient to secure quality housing in reasonable proximity to the workplace.
Homer Hoyt was an American economist known for his pioneering work in land use planning,zoning,and real estate economics. He conducted notable research on land economics and developed an influential approach to the analysis of neighborhoods and housing markets. His sector model of land use was influential in urban planning for several decades. His legacy is controversial today,due to his prominent role in the development and justification of racially segregated housing policy and redlining in American cities.
Christopher Charles Benninger is an Indian architect and urban planner. Born in the US,he permanently migrated to India in 1971. Benninger contributed to the field of critical regionalism and sustainable planning in India.
Cliff Hague is a British town planning practitioner and Emeritus Professor of Planning and Spatial Development at Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh. He was educated at Alfred St Elementary School in Manchester,North Manchester Grammar School for Boys (1955–63) and Magdalene College Cambridge (1963–66) where he read Geography,then at the University of Manchester (1966–68) where he was awarded a post-graduate Diploma in Town Planning.
Martin Meyerson was an American city planner,academic,and president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1981. His research,mentorship,essays,and consulting were focused on post-World War II urban policy at the municipal and federal levels.
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Founded in 1865 by William Robert Ware,the school offered the first architecture curriculum in the United States and was the first architecture program established within a university. MIT's Department of Architecture has consistently ranked among the top architecture/built environment schools in the world.
Xavier de Souza Briggs is an American educator,social scientist,and policy expert,known for his work on economic opportunity,social capital,democratic governance,and leading social change. He has influenced housing and urban policy in the United States,contributing to the concept of the "geography of opportunity," which examines the consequences of housing segregation,by race or economic status,for the well-being and life prospects of children and families. He is a former member of the Harvard and MIT faculties,currently a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
William Fulton is an American author,urban planner,and politician. He served as mayor of Ventura,California,from 2009 to 2011,and later as the Planning Director for the City of San Diego. From 2014 to 2022,he was the head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University in Houston,Texas. He is considered an advocate of the "Smart Growth" movement in urban planning. In 2009,he was named to Planetizen's list of "Top 100 Urban Thinkers". He is the founder and publisher of the California Planning &Development Report.
Urban planning,also known as town planning,city planning,regional planning,or rural planning in specific contexts,is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment,including air,water,and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas,such as transportation,communications,and distribution networks,and their accessibility. Traditionally,urban planning followed a top-down approach in master planning the physical layout of human settlements. The primary concern was the public welfare,which included considerations of efficiency,sanitation,protection and use of the environment,as well as effects of the master plans on the social and economic activities. Over time,urban planning has adopted a focus on the social and environmental bottom lines that focus on planning as a tool to improve the health and well-being of people,maintaining sustainability standards. Similarly,in the early 21st century,Jane Jacobs's writings on legal and political perspectives to emphasize the interests of residents,businesses and communities effectively influenced urban planners to take into broader consideration of resident experiences and needs while planning.
Roger K. Lewis,FAIA is an architect and urban planner,and a Professor Emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland,College Park,where he taught architectural design and other courses for 37 years,retiring in 2006. Also an author,journalist and cartoonist,Lewis writes about architecture and urban design,and about how public policy shapes the built environment.
Glen Searle is an Australian town planner,researcher and educator. He is an Honorary Associate Professor at The University of Queensland and at the University of Sydney. He is known for his planning research and work with British and New South Wales governments. He was engaged in strategic planning and policy formulation at a senior level in the NSW Department of Planning between 1981 and 1991. His papers have been published in Planning Theory,Urban Studies,International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,and Geographical Research.
Reid H. Ewing is an American urban planner and distinguished professor of city and metropolitan planning and a distinguished research chair for resilient places at the University of Utah. Ewing is the director of the Metropolitan Research Center and he a long-time columnist for the planning magazine,Planning Research You Can Use.
Catherine L. Ross is an American educator and author. She is the Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning,the Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development,and the Deputy Director of the Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mahmoud Riad was a prolific Egyptian architect,urban planner,and housing policy maker. Over a four decade career,Riad designed and built many iconic buildings in New York,Cairo,Alexandria and Kuwait,and is considered a "foundational figure in twentieth century Egyptian architecture," and one of the 'pioneer' Egyptian architects. He held government positions in architecture and planning departments,and founded the Egyptian government's first high office for housing,the Department of Popular Homes.
