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Yr Athro Alison Brown
Professor of Urban Planning & International Development
Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio
- BrownAM@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76519
- Adeilad Morgannwg, Ystafell Room 2.70, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA
Trosolwyg
Alison Brown is a Professor at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. She is Course Director for the MSc in International Planning and Development. She is a chartered town planner with extensive professional experience in the developed and developing world, in both consultancy and academic research. Her areas of research expertise include international planning practice, urban informal economies, social inclusion, China-Africa trade, public space and the right to the city. She has overseas experience in 22 different countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Alison is involved in two major research projects funded by ESRC/DFID, as Principal Investigator for a major multi-country study of law, rights and regulation in the informal economy, and Co-Investigator for comparative research on micro-finance regulation for the informal economy. She is Co-Investigator to smaller research projects on street trade in Latin America and North Africa. She has researched and written extensively on the right to the citydebates and their implications for city management.
Alison is a member of the steering committee of UN-HABITAT's World Urban Campaign. She is the urban planning advisor on DFID's Technology, Infrastructure and Urban Planning Resource Centre, managed by IMC Worldwide Ltd. She was a consultant to the UNESCO/UN-HABITAT project on Urban Policies and the Right to the City, a member of the UNESCO expert team for the project on Migrants in the City, and an expert advisor for the UNESCO project on the Right to the Indian City. She is planning advisor to the influential global policy advocacy group WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment, Globalising and Organising) on their Inclusive Cities Project. She is a board member of Homeless International, the UK charity that supports slum dwellers in finding lasting solutions to urban poverty. She is editor of the Commonwealth eJournal of Local Governance, the peer reviewed journal affiliated to the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Smith, T. A., Brown, A. and Owen, J. 2024. Scaling low-income housing delivery in Kenya and the Philippines: community participation and livelihoods outcomes. International Development Planning Review 46(2), pp. 107-121. (10.3828/idpr.2024.3)
- Brown, A., Charkrabati, B., MacKie, P., Fuller, C., Bhattacharya, R., Bagchi, S. and Chakrabarti, D. 2024. Contested spaces of exchange: Informal cross-border trade on the India-Bangladesh border.. Forum for Development Studies 51(1), pp. 121-143. (10.1080/08039410.2023.2255211)
2022
- MacKie, P., Brown, A. M. B., Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2022. Multi-dimensional conflict and the resilient urban informal economy in Karachi, Pakistan. International Development Planning Review 44(2), pp. 169-189.
2020
- Lewis, D., Kebede, G., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2020. Urban crises and the informal economy: surviving, managing, thriving in post-conflict cities. UNHabitat. Available at: https://www.alnap.org/help-library/urban-crises-and-the-informal-economy-surviving-managing-thriving-in-post-conflict
- Ahmed, S. U. D., Mehmood, A. and Brown, A. 2020. Informal power structures: towards provision of services and security of tenure. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Communities, Land and Social Innovation: Land Taking and Land Making in an Urbanising World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 195-213.
2019
- Smith, T. and Brown, A. 2019. Community-led housing and urban livelihoods: measuring employment in low-income housing delivery. Habitat International 94, article number: 102061. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.102061)
- Lewis, D., Kebede, G., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2019. Urban crises and the informal economy: surviving, managing, thriving in post-conflict cities.. Cardiff University.
- Omoegun, A. O., MacKie, P. and Brown, A. 2019. The aftermath of eviction in the Nigerian informal economy. International Development Planning Review 41(1), pp. 107-128. (10.3828/idpr.2018.30)
- Smith, T. A., Brown, A. and Owen, J. 2019. Employment generation from affordable housing: Outcomes of Reall-funded CLIFF projects in Kenya and the Philippines.. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University School and Geography.
- Martinez, L., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2019. Local economic development, micro-enterprise and crime reduction: lessons from Cali, Colombia. UNHabitat. Available at: https://unhabitat.org/local-economic-development-micro-enterprise-and-crime-reduction-lessons-from-cali-colombia
2018
- Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2018. Politics and street trading in Africa: Developing a comparative frame.. Articulo: Journal of Urban Research 2018(17-18) (10.4000/articulo.3612)
2017
- MacKie, P., Brown, A., Dickenson, K., Ahmed Hassan, S. and Barawani, M. A. M. 2017. Informal economies, conflict recovery and absent aid. Environment and Urbanization 29(2), pp. 365-382. (10.1177/0956247817719868)
- Brown, A., Kafafy, N. and Hayder, A. 2017. Street trading in the shadows of the Arab Spring. Environment and Urbanization 29(1), pp. 283-298. (10.1177/0956247816673559)
- Brown, A. M. B. ed. 2017. Rebel streets and the informal economy: Street trade and the law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City. Routledge.
- Brown, A. M. B. and MacKie, P. 2017. Urban informality and 'rebel streets'. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge, pp. 1-16.
- MacKie, P., Swanson, K. and Goode, R. 2017. Reclaiming space: street trading and revanchism in Latin America. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge, pp. 63-76.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Ahmed, S. 2017. Local government dissolution in Karachi: chasm or catalyst?. Third World Thematics 1(6), pp. 879-897. (10.1080/23802014.2016.1315318)
- Brown, A. M. B. and Roever, S. 2017. Enhancing productivity in the urban informal economy. Project Report. [Online]. Nairobi: UN-Habitat. Available at: https://unhabitat.org/books/enhancing-productivity-in-the-urban-informal-economy/
2015
- Brown, A. 2015. Claiming the streets: property rights and legal empowerment in the urban informal economy. World Development 76, pp. 238-248. (10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.07.001)
- Brown, A., Msoka, C. and Dankoco, I. 2015. A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. Urban Studies 52(12), pp. 2234-2249. (10.1177/0042098014544758)
2014
- MacKie, P., Bromley, R. D. F. and Brown, A. 2014. Informal traders and the battlegrounds of revanchism in Cusco, Peru. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38(5), pp. 1884-1903. (10.1111/1468-2427.12161)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Msoka, C. 2014. Do micro enterprises benefit from the 'doing business' reforms? the case of street-vending in Tanzania. Urban Studies 51(8), pp. 1593-1612. (10.1177/0042098013497412)
2013
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2013. The China–Africa value chain: Can Africa’s small-scale entrepreneurs engage successfully in global trade?. African Studies Review 56(3), pp. 77-100. (10.1017/asr.2013.80)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2013. The right to the city: Road to Rio 2010. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 37(3), pp. 957-971. (10.1111/1468-2427.12051)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2013. Municipal partnerships for prosperity: empowering the working poor in local economic development. In: Sansom, G. and McKinley, P. eds. New Century Local Government: Commonwealth Perspectives. Commonwealth Secretariat, pp. 129-144.
2012
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Msoka, C. 2012. (Why) have pro-poor policies failed Africa's working poor?. Journal of International Development 24(8), pp. 1008-1029. (10.1002/jid.2876)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2012. In the Dragon's Den: African Traders in Guangzhou. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 38(5), pp. 869-888. (10.1080/1369183X.2012.668030)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2012. China's 'Chocolate City': an ethnic enclave in a changing landscape. African Diaspora 5(1), pp. 51-72.
2010
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Has mercantilism reduced urban poverty in SSA? Perception of boom, bust, and the China-Africa trade in Lomé and Bamako. World Development 38(5), pp. 771-782. (10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.009)
- Brown, A. M. B., Lyons, M. and Dankoco, I. 2010. Street traders and the emerging spaces for urban voice and citizenship in African cities. Urban Studies 47(3), pp. 666-683. (10.1177/0042098009351187)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Requiem for stability: impact of the global financial crisis on the world's working poor. International Planning Studies 15(3), pp. 175-189. (10.1080/13563475.2010.509472)
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2010. Seen but not heard: urban voice and citizenship for street traders. In: Lindell, I. ed. Africa's Informal Workers: Collective Agency, Alliances and Transitional Organizing in Urban Africa. London: Zed Books, pp. 33-45.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Taking Forward the Right to the City. Report on e-Debate 1. UN-Habitat.
2009
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. Braving the Dragon's Den: African traders in Guangzhou 2005-2008. Presented at: CCIG/IKD Asian Mobilities Workshop, Open University, Milton Keynes.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. Rise of the phoenix? The global recession and the urban informal economy. Presented at: Development Studies Association Annual Conference, Ulster, Northern Ireland.
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Has mercantilism reduced urban poverty in the SSA?: Boom and bust in the China - Africa trade in Lome and Bamako. Presented at: 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, Kingston University, London.
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Multiple reform agendas and the African street: An emerging legal pluralism?. Presented at: 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, Kingston University, London.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. After the fall: can informality signpost a new world order?. Presented at: Development Studies Association Annual Conference: Current Crises and New Opportunities, University of Ulster.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Rights to the city for street traders and informal workers. In: Jouve, B. and Taylor, P. eds. Urban Policies and the Right to the City. Citurb: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, pp. 137-155.
2008
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2008. The 'third tier' of globalization. City 12(2), pp. 196-206. (10.1080/13604810802167036)
- Li, Z., Xue, D., Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2008. The African Enclave of Guangzhou: A Case Study of Xiaobeilu. Acta Geographica Sinica 63(2), pp. 208-218.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Kristiansen, A. 2008. Urban Policies and the Right to the City: Rights, responsibilities and citizenship. Project Report. [Online]. Paris: UNESCO, UN-Habitat. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001780/178090e.pdf
- Brown, A. M. B. 2008. Evaluating the contribution of urban public space to quality of life: experience from the developed and developing world. In: Zoppi, C. ed. Governance, Pianificazione e Valutazione Strategica: Sviluppo sostenibile e governance nella pianificazione urbanistica. Rome: Gangemi Editore, pp. 49-64.
2006
- Brown, A. M. B. 2006. Contested space: street trading, public space, and livelihoods in developing cities. Urban Management Series. Rugby: ITDG Publishing.
2002
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lloyd-Jones, T. 2002. Spatial planning, access and infrastructure. In: Rakodi, C. I. and Lloyd-Jones, T. eds. Urban Livelihoods: A People-Centred Approach to Reducing Poverty. London: Earthscan, pp. 188-204.
2001
- Brown, A. M. B. 2001. Cities for the urban poor in Zimbabwe: urban space as a resource for sustainable development. Development in Practice 11(2/3), pp. 263-282. (10.1080/09614520120056432)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Ahmed, S. U. D., Mehmood, A. and Brown, A. 2020. Informal power structures: towards provision of services and security of tenure. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Communities, Land and Social Innovation: Land Taking and Land Making in an Urbanising World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 195-213.
- Brown, A. M. B. and MacKie, P. 2017. Urban informality and 'rebel streets'. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge, pp. 1-16.
- MacKie, P., Swanson, K. and Goode, R. 2017. Reclaiming space: street trading and revanchism in Latin America. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge, pp. 63-76.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2013. Municipal partnerships for prosperity: empowering the working poor in local economic development. In: Sansom, G. and McKinley, P. eds. New Century Local Government: Commonwealth Perspectives. Commonwealth Secretariat, pp. 129-144.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2010. Seen but not heard: urban voice and citizenship for street traders. In: Lindell, I. ed. Africa's Informal Workers: Collective Agency, Alliances and Transitional Organizing in Urban Africa. London: Zed Books, pp. 33-45.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Rights to the city for street traders and informal workers. In: Jouve, B. and Taylor, P. eds. Urban Policies and the Right to the City. Citurb: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, pp. 137-155.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2008. Evaluating the contribution of urban public space to quality of life: experience from the developed and developing world. In: Zoppi, C. ed. Governance, Pianificazione e Valutazione Strategica: Sviluppo sostenibile e governance nella pianificazione urbanistica. Rome: Gangemi Editore, pp. 49-64.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lloyd-Jones, T. 2002. Spatial planning, access and infrastructure. In: Rakodi, C. I. and Lloyd-Jones, T. eds. Urban Livelihoods: A People-Centred Approach to Reducing Poverty. London: Earthscan, pp. 188-204.
Cynadleddau
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. Braving the Dragon's Den: African traders in Guangzhou 2005-2008. Presented at: CCIG/IKD Asian Mobilities Workshop, Open University, Milton Keynes.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. Rise of the phoenix? The global recession and the urban informal economy. Presented at: Development Studies Association Annual Conference, Ulster, Northern Ireland.
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Has mercantilism reduced urban poverty in the SSA?: Boom and bust in the China - Africa trade in Lome and Bamako. Presented at: 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, Kingston University, London.
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2009. Multiple reform agendas and the African street: An emerging legal pluralism?. Presented at: 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, Kingston University, London.
- Brown, A. M. B. and Lyons, M. 2009. After the fall: can informality signpost a new world order?. Presented at: Development Studies Association Annual Conference: Current Crises and New Opportunities, University of Ulster.
Erthyglau
- Smith, T. A., Brown, A. and Owen, J. 2024. Scaling low-income housing delivery in Kenya and the Philippines: community participation and livelihoods outcomes. International Development Planning Review 46(2), pp. 107-121. (10.3828/idpr.2024.3)
- Brown, A., Charkrabati, B., MacKie, P., Fuller, C., Bhattacharya, R., Bagchi, S. and Chakrabarti, D. 2024. Contested spaces of exchange: Informal cross-border trade on the India-Bangladesh border.. Forum for Development Studies 51(1), pp. 121-143. (10.1080/08039410.2023.2255211)
- MacKie, P., Brown, A. M. B., Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2022. Multi-dimensional conflict and the resilient urban informal economy in Karachi, Pakistan. International Development Planning Review 44(2), pp. 169-189.
- Smith, T. and Brown, A. 2019. Community-led housing and urban livelihoods: measuring employment in low-income housing delivery. Habitat International 94, article number: 102061. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.102061)
- Omoegun, A. O., MacKie, P. and Brown, A. 2019. The aftermath of eviction in the Nigerian informal economy. International Development Planning Review 41(1), pp. 107-128. (10.3828/idpr.2018.30)
- Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2018. Politics and street trading in Africa: Developing a comparative frame.. Articulo: Journal of Urban Research 2018(17-18) (10.4000/articulo.3612)
- MacKie, P., Brown, A., Dickenson, K., Ahmed Hassan, S. and Barawani, M. A. M. 2017. Informal economies, conflict recovery and absent aid. Environment and Urbanization 29(2), pp. 365-382. (10.1177/0956247817719868)
- Brown, A., Kafafy, N. and Hayder, A. 2017. Street trading in the shadows of the Arab Spring. Environment and Urbanization 29(1), pp. 283-298. (10.1177/0956247816673559)
- Brown, A. M. B. and Ahmed, S. 2017. Local government dissolution in Karachi: chasm or catalyst?. Third World Thematics 1(6), pp. 879-897. (10.1080/23802014.2016.1315318)
- Brown, A. 2015. Claiming the streets: property rights and legal empowerment in the urban informal economy. World Development 76, pp. 238-248. (10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.07.001)
- Brown, A., Msoka, C. and Dankoco, I. 2015. A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. Urban Studies 52(12), pp. 2234-2249. (10.1177/0042098014544758)
- MacKie, P., Bromley, R. D. F. and Brown, A. 2014. Informal traders and the battlegrounds of revanchism in Cusco, Peru. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38(5), pp. 1884-1903. (10.1111/1468-2427.12161)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Msoka, C. 2014. Do micro enterprises benefit from the 'doing business' reforms? the case of street-vending in Tanzania. Urban Studies 51(8), pp. 1593-1612. (10.1177/0042098013497412)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2013. The China–Africa value chain: Can Africa’s small-scale entrepreneurs engage successfully in global trade?. African Studies Review 56(3), pp. 77-100. (10.1017/asr.2013.80)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2013. The right to the city: Road to Rio 2010. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 37(3), pp. 957-971. (10.1111/1468-2427.12051)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Msoka, C. 2012. (Why) have pro-poor policies failed Africa's working poor?. Journal of International Development 24(8), pp. 1008-1029. (10.1002/jid.2876)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2012. In the Dragon's Den: African Traders in Guangzhou. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 38(5), pp. 869-888. (10.1080/1369183X.2012.668030)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2012. China's 'Chocolate City': an ethnic enclave in a changing landscape. African Diaspora 5(1), pp. 51-72.
- Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Has mercantilism reduced urban poverty in SSA? Perception of boom, bust, and the China-Africa trade in Lomé and Bamako. World Development 38(5), pp. 771-782. (10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.009)
- Brown, A. M. B., Lyons, M. and Dankoco, I. 2010. Street traders and the emerging spaces for urban voice and citizenship in African cities. Urban Studies 47(3), pp. 666-683. (10.1177/0042098009351187)
- Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Requiem for stability: impact of the global financial crisis on the world's working poor. International Planning Studies 15(3), pp. 175-189. (10.1080/13563475.2010.509472)
- Lyons, M., Brown, A. M. B. and Li, Z. 2008. The 'third tier' of globalization. City 12(2), pp. 196-206. (10.1080/13604810802167036)
- Li, Z., Xue, D., Lyons, M. and Brown, A. M. B. 2008. The African Enclave of Guangzhou: A Case Study of Xiaobeilu. Acta Geographica Sinica 63(2), pp. 208-218.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2001. Cities for the urban poor in Zimbabwe: urban space as a resource for sustainable development. Development in Practice 11(2/3), pp. 263-282. (10.1080/09614520120056432)
Llyfrau
- Brown, A. M. B. ed. 2017. Rebel streets and the informal economy: Street trade and the law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City. Routledge.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2010. Taking Forward the Right to the City. Report on e-Debate 1. UN-Habitat.
- Brown, A. M. B. 2006. Contested space: street trading, public space, and livelihoods in developing cities. Urban Management Series. Rugby: ITDG Publishing.
Monograffau
- Lewis, D., Kebede, G., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2020. Urban crises and the informal economy: surviving, managing, thriving in post-conflict cities. UNHabitat. Available at: https://www.alnap.org/help-library/urban-crises-and-the-informal-economy-surviving-managing-thriving-in-post-conflict
- Lewis, D., Kebede, G., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2019. Urban crises and the informal economy: surviving, managing, thriving in post-conflict cities.. Cardiff University.
- Smith, T. A., Brown, A. and Owen, J. 2019. Employment generation from affordable housing: Outcomes of Reall-funded CLIFF projects in Kenya and the Philippines.. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University School and Geography.
- Martinez, L., Brown, A. and Mackie, P. 2019. Local economic development, micro-enterprise and crime reduction: lessons from Cali, Colombia. UNHabitat. Available at: https://unhabitat.org/local-economic-development-micro-enterprise-and-crime-reduction-lessons-from-cali-colombia
- Brown, A. M. B. and Roever, S. 2017. Enhancing productivity in the urban informal economy. Project Report. [Online]. Nairobi: UN-Habitat. Available at: https://unhabitat.org/books/enhancing-productivity-in-the-urban-informal-economy/
- Brown, A. M. B. and Kristiansen, A. 2008. Urban Policies and the Right to the City: Rights, responsibilities and citizenship. Project Report. [Online]. Paris: UNESCO, UN-Habitat. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001780/178090e.pdf
Ymchwil
Interests
Planning practice in emerging cities, spatial planning, the management of informal economies, particularly street and market trade, and the impacts of globalisation on the informal economy. Recent research and academic projects on public space and urban livelihoods, the impact of the China-Africa trade on urban markets, and the right to the city.
Projects
Inclusive Growth: Improving Microfinance Regulation to Support Growth and Innovation in Micro-enterprise, ESRC/DFID Award ES/J009369/1 ESRC.
Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights and Regulation for Street Traders in the 21st Century, ESRC/DFID Award RES-167-25-0591.
rscw4africa - Wales for Africa Initiative: Strategy and Action Plan (Regeneration Skills Collective, Wales).
Making a Living in the Street: Public Space as an Asset for Sustainable Livelihoods, DFID, Committee for Social Science Research responsive research project. Principal Investigator case studies: Nepal, Ghana, Lesotho, and Tanzania.
Scoping Study for the UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue (DFID, Defra, DCLG and WSP International).
Completion Notices (S94 of Town & County Planning Act, 1991) (Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions).
Bywgraffiad
Qualifications
- Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI).
- Master of Civic Design, Liverpool University.
- Diploma of Transport Design, Liverpool University.
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics, Nottingham University.
Career
Overseas Links
- Planning Advisor, Technology, Infrastructure and Urban Planning Resource Centre (TI-UP),Department for International Development. (2006-date)
- UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue, Scoping Study, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Sustainable communities. Department for International Development. Coodinator of DFID-funded Higher Education link, Universidad del Biobio, Concepciòn, and Municipalidad de Concepciòn, Chile, and Cardiff University, (2002 - date).
- Diploma in 'Habitation & Development' Universidad del Biobio. Lectures on sustainable development, (2001).
- Responsive Urban Design, Department for International Development. Professional practice workshop in Harare. Establishing national CPD programme, (1999).
- Urban Design in the African City. Department for International Development. Coodinator of DFID-funded Higher Education link, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, and Cardiff University, (1997 - 2001).
- Planning advice, Ordnance Survey International. Advice on DFID-funded consultancy in Lesotho, (1997 - 1998).
- Practical Planning Skills, Overseas Development Administration. Running training course for all professional planners in the Federal Department of Physical Planning, Ministry of Interior in Maseru, Lesotho, (1996).
Recent Professional Experience
- Principal - Buchanan Partnership (1990-2010)
Work has included: - Environmental appraisal: strategic environmental appraisal of development plans, sustainability appraisal of development plans and major projects.
- Commercial projects: including marinas, retail impact analyses for superstores, waste depots, bus depots.
- Housing projects: promotion large housing sites, housing needs study, co-housing studies, mixed use areas and high density urban housing.
- Conservation & Heritage: Grades I and II listed buildings, stone building, cob buildings.
- Regeneration: regeneration proposals for redundant industrial sites, market-town regeneration.
- Education projects: master planning for setting up a new HE college, planning applications and access arrangements, grant applications.
- Community planning: participative approaches to planning, capacity building work with local town and parish councils, running public consultation programmes.
- Feasibility studies: feasibility study for re-use of redundant hospital sites, mill buildings and other heritage sites.
- Transport proposals: motorway service areas, and traffic impact assessment.
- Development planning: extensive experience as expert witness at development plan inquiries.
- Applications & Appeals: preparation of planning applications, appeal statements, instructing counsel.
Previous Employment
- Planner, Local Plan Group, London Borough of Newham, UK, (1975 - 77).
- Senior Planner, City Plan Group, City of Westminster, UK, (1977).
- Planning Aid Officer, Town & Country Planning Association, UK, (1978 - 80).
- Consultant Town Planner, UK (1984). Senior Planner, Llewelyn-Davies Weeks, Sultanate of Oman, (1980 - 83).
- Senior Town Planner, Dar Al Handasah Consultants, UK and Overseas, (1985 - 87).
- Head of Planning Policy Section, Development Council, Oman, (1987 - 89).
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Visiting Professor, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Architettura,
- Università delgi Studi di Cagliari, Keynote speech INPUT 2012 Conference,
- Trustee, Homeless International
- Visiting Professor: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Architettura, Università degli studi di Cagliari, funded by the Regional Government of Sardinia.(2010)
- Steering Group Member: UN-HABITAT's World Urban Campaign.
- Expert: UNESCO project on Social and Spatial Inclusion of Migrants in the City.
- Consultant: UN-HABITAT/UNESCO project on Urban Policies and the Right to the City : Rights, responsibilities and citizenship.
- Planning Advisor Inclusive Cities Project, (WIEGO) Women in Informal Employment.
- Planning Advisor, Technology, Infrastructure and Urban Planning Resource Centre (TI-UP),Department for International Development with WSP International.
- Sustainable communities. Department for International Development. Coodinator of DFID-funded Higher Education link, Universidad del Biobio, Concepciòn, and Municipalidad de Concepciòn, Chile, and Cardiff University, (2002 - 2007).
- Diploma in 'Habitation & Development' Universidad del Biobio. Lectures on sustainable development, (2001).
- Responsive Urban Design, Department for International Development. Professional practice workshop in Harare. Establishing national CPD programme, (1999).
- Urban Design in the African City. Department for International Development. Coodinator of DFID-funded Higher Education link, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, and Cardiff University, (1997 - 2001).
- Planning advice, Ordnance Survey International. Advice on DFID-funded consultancy in Lesotho, (1997 - 1998).
- Practical Planning Skills, Overseas Development Administration. Running training course for all professional planners in the Federal Department of Physical Planning, Ministry of Interior in Maseru, Lesotho, (1996).
- Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute's Development Planning Advisory Panel (1998 - 2004).
- Trustee: Ruskin Mill Further Education Trust, Special Needs Educational Charity with over 100 employees (2003 - date).