Urban Design Management

<p>This is an introduction to the secrets of Urban Design Management (UDM). The book examines the roles of the players involved in land-use projects and describes good collaborative methods of practice in project-based urban design and planning putting emphasis on the creative co-operative skills and the wide knowledge of the participants in a working group. The role of the architect is examined in relation to design planning and project management with particular emphasis on collaboration and negotiation skills. Specific issues considered include: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>The make-up of a good project team</li> <p> </p> <li>Ways to make the project team function together</li> <p> </p> <li>Objectives and benefits of project-orientated planning</li> <p> </p> <li>The need to take local characteristics into account in project-orientated planning</li> <p> </p> <li>The preparation required for a co-operative planning process and how initial information can be collected and used</li> <p> </p> <li>How to define project content and outlining the project itself</li> <p> </p> <li>Partner-specific strategies </li> </ul><p><em>Urban Design Management</em> contains international examples and many diagrams and photographs making it a useful and accessible guide for all built environment professionals working in the public realm and those studying architecture urban design and planning at a graduate level. </p>