Profit or public service? Tensions and alignment in private planning practice

J Sturzaker, H Hickman - Planning Practice & Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The growth of employment opportunities for planners working in the private sector has
resulted in a rapid change in the composition of the planning profession in the UK, with over …

[PDF][PDF] Going down the local: the challenges of place-based net zero governance

T Bedford, P Catney… - Journal of the British …, 2023 - thebritishacademy.ac.uk
Place-based decarbonisation is emerging as a significant element in the UK government's
net zero agenda, specifically through central government devolution deals. Such localised …

Planning's value, planners' values: defining and redefining for contemporary practice

J Sturzaker, H Hickman - Planning Practice & Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The contemporary scene for planning practice can be painted in negative terms by authors–
whether identifying 'frustration, disappointment, and even despair'amongst young planners …

Continuing Education for Climate Change: A Study of Australian Urban Planners' Current Practices and Developing Competence

A Hurlimann, PB Cobbinah, J Bush… - Journal of Planning …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the critical need for urban planners to address climate change, there is a limited
understanding of planning professionals' perceptions of their climate change competency …

[HTML][HTML] Theorizing the cynical professional: the public interest, urban planning, and the limits of ideology critique

K Chapman, M Tait - ephemerajournal.org
abstract A long-standing and foundational claim of professional groups is that they serve the
public interest. Such claims are countered by two alternative lines of argument, which argue …