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Professor of Planning, Environment and Policy

Research

Yvonne's research is within an institutionalist paradigm looking at the networks and discourses of local planning. She has studied housing land policy, urban redevelopment, transport management, local air quality policy, countryside protection and water management. Particular interests are processes of strategy development, public participation, the role of social capital in planning, and the analysis of of policy discourses. She has also worked on urban sustainability and its relationship to urban governance in a multi-level context. Here there has been a particular focus on sustainability indicators and on the promotion of sustainable construction. Learning how to be sustainable within organisations and governance structures is a current emphasis, looking across the public and private sectors. This includes consideration of the response of the property sector to the climate change agenda, including adaptation to climate risks.

Consultancy

Yvonne has undertaken consultancy projects for DCLG, DIUS, GLA, HEFCE, NAO and the Civic Trust. These range across policy analysis, futures thinking, indicator development, environmental risk and planning and sustainable development in higher education.

Teaching

Yvonne teaches graduate modules on Planning Practice and Valuation, as well as leading on the Sustainable Development project. Her undergraduate teaching is on urban and environmental politics. She takes on research students in any area of planning and governance for urban sustainability.

Background

Yvonne has a background in Land Economy and Regional and Urban Planning Studies, as well as a short stint in practice as a Chartered Surveyor working on planning and development issues. She has worked in departments of Geography and Environment, Land Management and Applied Economics before coming home to Planning.