Lessons from an Urban Design Campaign

Abstract

The Urban Design Campaign was a British Government initiative to examine how attention to urban design could be encouraged in the typical planning and development process. Lessons from three case studies involved in the campaign are considered. It is concluded that attention to urban design will be achieved when: there is greater political support nationally and locally for urban design; urban design initiatives are better resourced; interprofessional collaboration is readily undertaken; and equal commitment to urban design is achieved in areas of varying environmental quality and affluence. The campaign provided the conditions for these issues and problems to be observed, but could not provide the conditions for them to be overcome.