Skills for Planning Practice

TED KITCHEN is Professor of Planning and Urban Regeneration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He previously worked for 24 years in planning practice ending up as Director of Planning and Environmental Health for Manchester City Council.

• IntroductionTechnical SkillsPlanning System and Process SkillsPlace SkillsCustomer SkillsPersonal SkillsOrganisational, Management and Political Context SkillsSynoptic and Integrative SkillsThe Changing Planning Skills DebateConclusions.

'Ted Kitchen is one of the outstanding British planners of his generation...It was therefore with some eagerness that I read his book Skills for Planning Practice, and I was not disappointed.' Vincent Goodstadt, Urban Studies