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SUMMARY:Planning and Ethics:  Should planners be returning to their roots?
  - Kelvin MacDonald\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20141203T160000Z
DTEND:20141203T170000Z
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CONTACT:Clare Eaves
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThis talk marks the centenary of the Royal Town Pl
 anning Institute.  It shows that 2014 does not mark 100 years of planning 
 practice or legislation in the UK but does mark 100 years of the professio
 nalization of planning – with the ethical stance that this should imply.
 \nIt looks at the relationships of professional planning bodies globally w
 ith professional ethics and\, in particular\, whether planners do or shoul
 d have a particular responsibility for those less advantaged in society.  
 It draws on history to look at the focus of planning and to suggest that p
 lanners need to learn from the past to bring some form of moral imperative
  to their work.\n\n\nBiography\n\nKelvin MacDonald MCIH FRTPI FRSA\nKelvin
  is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Land Economy.\nHe is a S
 pecialist Adviser to the House of Commons Communities and Local Government
  Select Committee and is currently adviser to its inquiry into the Operati
 on of the National Planning Policy Framework.  \nHe is a member of the Boa
 rd of Trustees of Shelter and a member of the Committee of Shelter Scotlan
 d.  He is a member of the DCLG’s Planning Sounding Board and is a Built 
 Environment Expert (BEE) with the Design Council.  He is a member of the E
 ditorial Board of Town Planning Review.\nHe has been an Examining Inspecto
 r dealing with major infrastructure projects for the Planning Inspectorate
  and was previously the Chief Policy Adviser to the Royal Town Planning In
 stitute.\nHe is a ‘Distinguished Professional’ Member of the Chartered
  Institute of Housing and a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute. H
 e is named in Planning magazine’s list as one of the 100 most influentia
 l people in planning.\n\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 4
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