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James White is Professor of Planning and Urban Design and Subject Group Co-Lead for Place and Built Environment in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy. He is the Principal Investigator of URBAN RETROFIT, an ESRC-funded research project exploring how place-adaptation for net zero can be delivered through existing planning and development systems. URBAN RETROFIT is the headline research project of the Place theme at the ESRC-funded UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence where James is Deputy Director and Place theme lead.

James is interested in the theory and application of design governance and place adaptation in the context of sustainable urban development. His research focuses is on the tools and mechanisms that planners use to shape the built environment and enhance urban design quality.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, University of Glasgow
  • 2012–2019
    Lecturer in Urban Design, University of Glasgow

Education

  • 2013 
    University of British Columbia, Canada, PhD in Planning
  • 2007 
    Cardiff University, MA Urban Design
  • 2005 
    Cardiff University, BSc City and Regional Planning

Publications

  • 2020
    Urban design governance in China: Experiences from three ‘pioneer’ cities, International Planning Studies
  • 2019
    (Book Chapter) What Once Was Old is New Again: Urban Morphology and Design in Glasgow’s Transformational Regeneration Areas, Policy Press
  • 2018
    Beyond design review: collaborating to create well-designed places in Scotland, Journal of Urban Design
  • 2018
    Design Value at the neighbourhood scale: what does it mean and how do we measure it?, Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
  • 2017
    Toronto’s ‘Vancouverism’: Developer adaptation, planning responses, and the challenge of design quality, Town Planning Review
  • 2017
    Growing in Glasgow: Innovative practices and emerging pathways for urban agriculture, Land Use Policy
  • 2016
    (Book Chapter) Planning as placemaking? The case of the East Bayfront Precinct planning process., Oxford University Press
  • 2016
    Pursuing design excellence: Urban design governance on Toronto’s waterfront, Progress in Planning
  • 2015
    Future directions in urban design as public policy: reassessing best practice principles for design review and development management, Journal of Urban Design
  • 2014
    Design by Competition and the Potential for Public Participation: Assessing an Urban Design Competition on Toronto’s Waterfront, Journal of Urban Design
  • 2013
    Smart Parcelization and Place Diversity: Reconciling Real Estate and Urban Design Priorities, Journal of Urban Design
  • 2013
    Precedents reconceived: urban design learning catalysed through data rich 3-D digital models, Design Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Challenges and Solutions for Ageing High-Rise Neighbouhroods in Japan and the UK
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    ESRC and AHRC
  • 2018
    Real Estate Adaptation and Innovation within an Integrated Retailing System (REPAIR)
    Role:
    Co-Investigator, Urban Design
    Funding Source:
    Economic and Social Research Council
  • 2017
    Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
    Role:
    Co-Investigator, Place Theme
    Funding Source:
    ESRC, AHRC, Joesph Rowntree Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Chartered Member, Royal Town Planning Institute
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy
  • Member, Urban Design Group

Contact James for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision