Research Profile
Prof John Punter
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 75778
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74845
Address:Room 2.70, Glamorgan Building
Qualifications
Undergraduate, BA Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1964 - 1967)
Postgraduate, MA, PhD Geography with a planning and urban design element, University of Toronto, Canada (1967 - 74)
Member of the RTPI (1990)
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (2002)
Elected Academician of the Social Sciences (2003)
Research Interests
John Punter has wide interests in contemporary urbanism and especially aspects of urban planning, urban form, urban design, and architecture. He has been working for twenty five years on aspects of design control and the design dimension of planning, and this has included major studies in British cities, Wales, Europe, the USA and Canada, and most recently in Australia.
He is also interested in all aspects of contemporary planning practice and in comparative analysis of planning systems, having completed such studies of France, USA, Canada and Australia.
Selected Publications
- Capital Cardiff 1975-2020: regeneration, competitiveness and the urban environment
- Design review in Wales: the experience of the Design Commission for Wales' Design Review Panel 2003-5
- Urban design in Central Sydney: 1945-2002. Laissez-faire and discretionary traditions in the Accidental City
- The Vancouver Achievement: Urban planning and design
- Design Guidelines in American Cities: A Review of Design Policies in Five West Coast Cities
Additional Information
PhD Supervisions
Currently supervising four Doctoral Students:
Zhaohua Deng: Design control in China: office development in Shenzhen
Miao Xu: Gated communities in China: urban design concerns
Yang Zhen: Central Pedestrianised Districts in Chinese cities: evolution, form and social use.
Anna Lermon: Design control in Wales
Other Interests
Other interests include travel, photography and mountain walking.