Category Archives: Planning Support

The Evolution of Planning Thought

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Michael Batty

This is a project that I never quite imagined I would be involved with as I have always thought that I straddled the boundary and reflected the tensions of trying to seek an understanding of cities in contrast to an … Continue reading →

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TechniCity: The Course Begins Again

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Michael Batty

The second version of this online course starts on 26th February. Register here. I posted a comment when the course began and that is still relevant. Click for this. There is a shortish neat manual that tells you about last … Continue reading →

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Science and the City

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Michael Batty

Amazingly as far back as January 1967, we were quite literally talking about ‘a science of cities’, using the cliche. Jennifer Light’s book From Warfare to Welfare published in 2003 recounts the optimism of the 1960s in which many believed … Continue reading →

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