Barry Cullingworth is both Emeritus Professor of Urban Affairs at the University of Delaware and Associate of the Dept. of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge.

• Housing; discretion in planning versus zoning; the planning system and the development plan; compensation and betterment; the regional dimension; countryside planning; preservation, conservation and heritage; British planning in its European context; design; the changing role of the courts in planning; vision and reality - urban social policy; public participation in planning; transport planning; new towns; public-private partnerships; environmental planning; an American perspective on UK planning.