Paul Hyett

Paul is the Chairman of RyderHKS, and a past-president of the RIBA.

A regular contributor to press and radio debate Paul is an advocate of ecologically responsible design, about which he has written extensively.

He has lectured widely throughout the UK and overseas, at universities in countries ranging from Korea to the United States. Paul has also given keynote addresses to the Indian, South African, and Sri Lankan Institutes of Architects.

Paul is a Trustee of the Civic Trust, the British Architectural Library Trust, and the Construction Youth Trust. He is also a Board Director of the Building Centre, and has recently been appointed Chairman of Carbon Vision, which is a sub-division of the Carbon Trust.

Website: www.ryderhks.com

e-mail: phyett@ryderhks.com

14.00 to 15.30 on Friday 18 May 2007

Strategic planning, infrastructure, and investment

In this session, chaired by Paul, Sam Staley, Austin Williams, Anna Scothern, and Nick Rosen will discuss how strategic planning for the development of transport infrastructure and mains utilities relate, or fail to relate, to the needs of the multiplicity of individuals in society. Mobility and communication, energy, water, and waste are key in the policy to develop "sustainable communities" comprised of "sustainable homes". As the emphasis on sustainability attempts to shift the planning system into being an instrument to tackle climate change, how is supply side investment to plan to meet popular demand in future?

Samuel R. Staley, Director of Urban and Land Use Policy, Reason Foundation, and co-author, with Ted Balaker, of The Road More Traveled: Why The Congestion Crisis Matters More Than You Think, and What We Can Do About It (2006) - Developing Infrastructure: Markets, Administrative Planning, and the Limits of Democracy

Austin Williams, Director of the Future Cities Project, and author and illustrator of NBS Shortcuts: essential guides for building designers - What does it mean when planners try to reduce the need to travel?

Anna Scothern, Director of the National Centre for Excellence in Housing, a joint venture business partnership between the Building Research Establishment and the National House Building Council - TITLE

Nick Rosen, editor of www.off-grid.net, and author of How to Live off-grid, to be published by Doubleday (June 2007) - Off-Grid is a special case, deserving special treatment

Strategic planning, infrastructure, and investment

More to follow shortly...

What priorities do we want reflected in land use planning?

Has the notion of a distinct town and country become unsustainable?

Can planners reconcile government policies with where and how people actually want to live?

Is it justified to describe policies based on constraining building activity as "planning"?

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