Prof Phil Allmendinger

Director of Studies in Land Economy

Professor of Land Economy

e: pma32@cam.ac.uk

Main Publications:

Recent Books:

Planning Theory

(Palgrave, 2009)

The New Spatial Planning

(with G Haughton, G Vigar and D Counsell)

(Routledge, 2009)

Territory, Identity and Space: Planning in a Disunited Kingdom

(with M Tewdwr-Jones)

(Routledge, 2006)

Recent Papers:

Soft spaces, fuzzy boundaries and metagovernance: the new spatial planning in the Thames Gateway, with Haughton, G, Environment and Planning A, 41, 617 - 633 (2009)

Housing Supply and Planning delay in the South of England, with Ball, M and Hughes, C, Journal of European Real Estate Research, 2 (2), 151-169 (2008)

(awarded European Real Estate Society prize for best paper in housing 2008)

What is your subject and specific area of study?

I research the theory and practices of land use regulation and spatial planning with a focus upon development and housing. Recent projects and publications have explored the fragmenting practices of planning at different scales, the relationship between national objectives and local development strategies and alternative regulatory and fiscal mechanisms for development. This work is grounded within and informed by a range of theoretical frameworks but seeks to make sense of and bridge the gap to how localities approach change in the built and natural environments.

What makes Clare such a good place to study your subject?

Land Economy is the multi and inter-disciplinary study of the role and use of land, real estate and environment within an economy. It applies particularly the disciplines of economics, law and planning for the analysis of the governance of land use, urban areas and interactions with other environmental resources. Clare has a long association with Land Economy and provides a supportive environment for the study of this diverse and exciting subject.