Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (6)

La République peut-elle porter l’habit anglais? (2012)
Journal Article
Devereux, M. (2012). La République peut-elle porter l’habit anglais?. Cahiers- Institut d Amenagement et d Urbanisme de la Region d Ile de France, 14-19

This paper (written in French) suggests that French planners, operating in a Rousseauiste tradition, have an arsenal of rules, regulations and powers at their disposal to protect the republican ideal of 'equality'. English planners on the other hand,... Read More about La République peut-elle porter l’habit anglais?.

Fit for purpose? Planning and food production in the peri-urban space (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Devereux, M., & Sheppard, A. (2012, April). Fit for purpose? Planning and food production in the peri-urban space. Paper presented at UK - Ireland Planning Research Conference, Brighton, UK

A recent British Council project highlighted the important role that local food production can play in addressing climate change. But is our planning system capable supporting strategies to encourage small scale and community food production, especia... Read More about Fit for purpose? Planning and food production in the peri-urban space.

Making space for place: from development management to planning (2012)
Book Chapter
Devereux, M., & Charrington, H. (2012). Making space for place: from development management to planning. In K. Borsi, & B. Durmaz (Eds.), Proceedings of Designing Place: International Urban Design Conference (117-129). Nottingham: University of Nottingham

This paper surveys the position that place currently holds within the discipline of planning in the UK, and advocates a move away from current models of development management to one of explicit place-making. The paper’s concern is the planning sys... Read More about Making space for place: from development management to planning.

Trompes l'oeil (2012)
Journal Article
Devereux, M. (2012). Trompes l'oeil. Architectural Design, 82(1), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.1356

This article challenges the myth that London is an organic, unplanned city shaped by economic forces, and Paris is, in contrast a planned city moulded by the state. The modern development of the two cities is tracked from the early nineteenth century... Read More about Trompes l'oeil.

In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's (2012)
Journal Article
Devereux, M. (2012). In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's. PROJECT: Journal of the Department of Planning and Architecture, 4, 21-24

It is a little known fact that until the 1920s Paris was surrounded by a wall and entry into the city controlled through gates. That wall demarcated Paris from the rest of France. After its demolition that distinction between Paris 'intra-muros' and... Read More about In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's.