Here are links to some of my articles that have been published in The Scotsman recently (July 2019)

The planned reform of the planning system in Scotland will end in tears.

The Stern Report in 2006 seemed to signal a shift in attitudes to climate change. The article imagines a discussion between a Treasury mandarin and a businessman. Would this case convince Donald Trump or big business today?

Citizens in Edinburgh are voicing concerns at the way the capital city's built environment and greenspaces are being managed.

A Brexit-induced crash in the markets seems likely to set the framework for the work of planners in the months ahead.

The international agreement reached in COP21 in Paris should provoke a wide ranging review of planning policies around the world.

This article, based on the work of our International Advisory Group to UN-Habitat, appeared in the magazine A Week in Palestine, November 2015, pp.18-22

Here is a "Diary" article that I wrote inspired by my participation in the second Habitat UN summit in 1996, when I was there representing RTPI as President.

News from Sierra Leone that 9,000 slum dwellers have been made homeless by demolition of their homes highlights the need for planners to fundamentally rethink conventional approaches to housing the poor.

The 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals to be adopted by governments at the United Nations next week pose a direct challenge and opportunity for planning and other built environment professionals.