A detailed exploration of the governance of urban design around Europe.

Urban Design Governance takes a deep dive into the governance of urban design around Europe. It examines interventions in the means and processes of designing the built environment as devised by public authorities and other stakeholders across the continent, paying particular attention to the use of soft powers and allied financial mechanisms to influence design quality in the public interest. In doing so, the book traces the scope, use, and effectiveness of the range of informal, non-regulatory urban design governance tools that governments, municipalities, and others have at their disposal.
 

Matthew Carmona is professor of planning and urban design at the School of Planning, UCL. João Bento is an honorary research fellow at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Tommaso Gabrieli is associate professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL.  

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Acknowledgements
Preface

1 Urban design governance in Europe
2 Exploring European urban design governance
3 A European typology of tools
4 Understanding the informal tools
5 The financial dimension
6 Interrogating the tools
7 Landscapes, tools and fundamentals for delivery

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