Urban design
The Urban design category is concerned with the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes in towns and cities, and the establishment of policies, frameworks and strategies that facilitate successful development. Key areas of interest include:
• The sustainable communities agenda
• Urban design skills shortages
• Urban design and the Local Development Framework process
• Masterplanning
Action List
These are spatial planning modules providing an easy to adopt set of steps to follow in implementing an action plan and offer guidance in the application of the subject knowledge.
Knowledge Builder
Spatial planning modules which offer a detailed overview of the topic and references to further online and print based sources of topic specific information.
- Accessibility Appraisal
- Affordable Housing
- Car-free Housing Development
- City Visioning
- Design and Access Statements
- Disability Access
- Live/work Developments
- Mixed Use Development
- New Urbanism
- Place-making in Scotland
- Retail Development and Planning
- Tourism
- Tourism Impact Assessment
- Town and City Centre Management
- Townscape
- Urban Form





