The Future for Planners
Clifford, Ben / Gunn, Susannah / Inch, Andy / Schoneboom, Abigail / Slade, Jason / Tait, Malcolm / Vigar, Geoff
Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors including supplying outsourced services to local authorities struggling with centrally-imposed budget cuts. Drawing on new empirical data ...