1st Edition
Urban Planning and Real Estate Transformations for the Future A Built Environment Bricolage
Preface
Exordium (Spirit of the Work). Humankind 2050: Built Environment Challenges. A personal reflection by Prof John Ratcliffe
THEME ONE: Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place
Discourse 1: 'Imagine Ahead - Plan Backwards': The Art and Science of Strategic Foresight
Discourse 2: The 'Big Questions': A Cosmos of Uncertainty
Discourse 3: The Premium of Place
Discourse 4: Cultural Heritage Futures
Discourse 5: Post-pandemic: Disruptions, Aftershocks and Opportunities
THEME TWO: Global Governance and Anticipatory Leadership
Discourse 6: Can the World Be Governed?
Discourse 7: A New Sense of the Commons.
Discourse 8: The Pantheon of Public-Private Partnership.
Discourse 9: Anticipatory Leadership and Fostering Deliberative Democracy
Discourse 10: China and the World: A Changing Relationship
THEME THREE: Innovation, Reform and Exemplars
Discourse 11: Whither Work and the Workplace?
Discourse 12: Reconceptualising Higher Education
Discourse 13: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Discourse 14: Critical Infrastructure and Global Megaprojects
Discourse 15: Health, Well-Being and Happiness
THEME FOUR: Urban Planning and Real Estate Transformations
Discourse 16: Smart Cities and Smart Property Markets
Discourse 17: The 'Great Land Question'
Discourse 18: Transforming the Professions of the Built Environment
Discourse 19: Values and Valuation
Index
Biography
John Ratcliffe is Professor Emeritus at Dublin University of Technology. He practised as a chartered planning and development consultant for many years. John is now a Strategic Foresight consultant for the built environment.
Michael Stubbs is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He specialises in planning work and is a visiting tutor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.
