This book directly addresses the major planning debate of our time - the delivery and quality of new housing development. As pressure for new housing development in England increases; a widespread desire to improve the design of the resulting residential environments becomes evermore apparent with increasing condemnation of the standard products of the volume housebuilders.In recent years central government has come to accept the need to deliver higher quality living environments; and the important role of the planning system in helping to raise design standards. Housing Design Quality focuses on this role and in particular on how the various policy instruments available to public authorities can be used in a positive manner to deliver higher quality residential developments.
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Review
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Half good; half sillyBy Danielle MariIn my opinion; the fact that Sankey is a stand-up comedian actually hurts him. He seemingly feels some pressure to be funny and; therefore; shuffles silly non-nonsensical non sequesters throughout the book: "Do Siamese Twins Really Understand Double Entendres;" "Are Parrots Really Psychic;" "Why Is It Dangerous to Smoke in Bed?"... After the first two such interruptions; I have to admit that I just skipped the rest and read his actual advise.And the advise is pretty helpful. Its very much in line with other Zen books and is not totally unlike the Tao of Pooh. This isnt to imply that Sankey neglects pragmatic advise. In fact; he lays out some valuable ideas. I found especially useful what he had to say about script length; the performance space; and fringe festivals.The author also offers some sound advise about promoting a solo show. Inexplicably; however; Sankey neglects to mention internet promotions at all. I have to wonder if he wrote this before the web really took off? (Though the copyright date is listed as November 2000!) Perhaps hes just not net saavy? Still- seems like a glaring omission that the editors; at least; should have noticed and remedied.Also; dont buy this expecting writing exercises. He has advise on how to start; but not an intensive set of prompts to get an eager but blocked pen writing.All in all; its not a bad book. Unfortunately; I think its way too expensive for its size (especially if you omit the useless silly sections).