BIOGRAPHY - Tony Hall

Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options)

Paradigm Working Groups

 Socio-spatial theory

 Methodologies, tools and techniques

 Scenarios and forecasting

 Sources, data quality and data integration

Application Working Groups

 National and regional socio-economic change

 Population, economic and information flows

 Social and economic networks

 Regional development and community capacity building

 Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings

Publication 1:

Heathrow - a Retirement Plan, TCPA Tomorrow Series Paper No. 3, 2006 (with Sir Peter Hall)

Publication 2:

A General Method for the Design of Sustainable Settlements, Global Built Environment Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 12-18, 2005

Publication 3:

Design Control Policies for Small Areas, Planning Theory and Practice, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2000 (with J. Doe)

Publication 4:

A New Paradigm for Development Plans, Urban Design International, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.123-140, 2000

Publication 5:

How Morphology Can Improve Development Plans, Urban Morphology, Vol. 3 No. 3, summer 2000

Publication 6:

Dealing with Incremental Change: an Application of Urban Morphology to Design Control, Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 209-227, 1997

Publication 7:

Design Control: Towards a New Approach, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996

Current Research 1:

A new approach to sustainable residential form for the Australian suburb My observations suggest that new outer suburban form in Australia is, in reality, moving in an unsustainable direction. My proposed solution makes use of ideas from contemporary British practice. It would not only be of higher density but would also be low-rise, have private and bio-diverse gardens, a sense of place and take advantage of vernacular architecture.

Current Research 2:

A new paradigm for the design of ustainable cities I have a long-term project developing a new paradigm for the design of sustainable settlements based on morphological rather than land-use considerations. It is evolving into a neo-rationalist model for the design of sustainable settlements in which physical form is derived from the goals of pursuit of sustainability and quality of life. It extends transit-oriented development into a comprehensive city form.

Current Research 3:

Design control I invented the design area as a way of applying design objectives to small areas and handling varying levels of intervention by planning agencies. This concept was adopted by Dacorum Borough Council, with my advice and collaboration, as the basis for the planning guidance within its local plan. My ideas were comprehensively set out in my 1996 book. I was able to promote many of my ideas while a leading the planning policy of Chelmsford Borough Council. The pro-active approach to design control that was developed there is set out in my latest book which is currently being prepared for publication.