Research Profile
Prof John Punter

Other Recent Publications
Books
The Design Dimension of Local Plans: theory, content and best practice, London, Spon, 1996 (with Matthew Carmona), i-xxiv, 399pp; 38 figures, 34 tables (1997).
Design Control in Bristol 1940-1990: The impact of planning upon the design of office development 1950-1990, Bristol, Redcliffe Press, (1990).
Planning Control in Western Europe, London, HMSO, 1988 (with H.W.E.Davies, D. Edwards, A. Hooper), (sole author of section on France: and Co-author overall).
Chapters in Books
"The planning system and the delivery of design quality", in M. Moor & J. Rowland Eds, Urban Design Futures, London, Routledge, pp. 50-56, (2006).
"City Centre and the Bay", in M. Ungersma ed. Cardiff: Re-birth of a Capital, Cardiff, Cardiff Council, pp 80-113 (2005).
"Regulation and Control" in P. Knox and P. Ozolins (Eds), Design Professionals and the Built Environment: An Introduction, New York, John Wiley, Chapter 29, pp.295-306 (2000).
"Design" in B. Cullingworth (Ed.), British Planning: Fifty Years of Urban and Regional Policy, London, Athlone, pp.137-155 (1999).
Major Articles
"Design-led regeneration? Evaluating the design outcomes of Cardiff Bay and their implications for future regeneration", Journal of Urban Design, 12(3), 375-405 (2007).
"Developing urban design as public policy: best practice principles for design review and development management",Journal of Urban Design,12 (2), 167-202 (2007).
"Awards, patronage and design preference: an analysis of English awards for housing design", Urban Design International, 11 (1), 49-61 (with M Biddulph & A Hooper) (2006).
"From the ill mannered to the iconic: design regulation in Central Sydney 1947-2002", Town Planning Review, 75 (3) 405-445.
"Design-led sustainable development: the Liveable Neighbourhoods experiment in Perth, Western Australia" (with Carey Curtis), Town Planning Review. 75 (1), 31-65 (2004).
"From Design Advice to Peer Review: the role of the Urban Design Panel in Vancouver", Journal of Urban Design 8(1), 113-136 (2003).
"Urban Design as Public Policy: evaluating the design dimension of Vancouver's planning system", International Planning Studies 7(4), pp.265-282 (2002).
"Reflections on the 2001 United Kingdom Research Assessment Exercise for Town and Country Planning", Town Planning Review 79(3), pp.333-352; plus 'Response' pp.359-360 (2002).
"Design appeals in England in the 1990s: an aggregate analysis", Urban Studies, 37(2), pp.275-299 (with A. Bell) (2000).
"Urban Design Strategies in Britain: The Key Questions, Built Environment 25(4), pp.371-385 (1999).
"Aesthetic Control in the United Kingdom", Urban Design International, 4(1/2), pp.67-76 (1999).
"Improving the instruments, processes and products of design control in Europe", Urban Design International, 4(1/2), pp.79-100 (1999).
"The Role of Policy in Design Appeals", Town Planning Review, 70(2), pp.231-258 (with A.Bell) (1999).
"English local planning authorities and design appeals: perceptions and realities", Journal of Urban Design, 4(1), pp.67-96 (with A. Bell) (1999).
