EURA 2023 – Keynote speaker: Matthew Carmona
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31/03/2023
Urban Research & Practice – Volume 16, Issue 2
14/04/2023
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MATTHEW CARMONA
The Bartlett, University College London
"Urban design governance and the softest of soft powers"
About the talkThis talk explores the soft powers of urban design governance as operationalised through a range of informal tools used by the public sector. It discusses findings in a new open-source book (Urban design governance, Soft powers and the European experience) which reveals how such means can offer an effective vehicle to build a culture of place quality and to more consistently deliver high quality design though place-shaping processes. By way of illustration, the softest of soft initiatives is discussed, the work of the Place Alliance, a university-led research and campaigning platform in the UK.
About the speakerMatthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett, UCL. He is an architect / planner with research interests in the fields of urban design governance, the design and management of public space, and the value of urban design. He chairs the Place Alliance which campaigns for place quality in England and edits www.place-value-wiki.net.
