Peter Hall (urbanist)

Sir Peter Hall
FBA
Sir Peter Hall FBA
	Hall atPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chairman of the Fabian Society
	In office; 1971–1972
Preceded by	Jeremy Bray
Succeeded by	Anthony Lester
Personal details
Born	Peter Geoffrey Hall; 19 March 1932; Hampstead,London, England
Died	30 July 2014(aged 82); London, England
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation	urban geographer,town planner
Known for	World Citiesranking,urban planninghistory,city regions,enterprise zones

Sir Peter Geoffrey HallFBA(19 March 1932 – 30 July 2014) was an Englishtown planner,urbanistandgeographer.He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration atThe Bartlett,University College London^[1]and president of both theTown and Country Planning Associationand theRegional Studies Association.^[2]Hall was one of the most prolific and influential urbanists of the twentieth century.^[3]

He was known internationally for his studies and writings on the economic, demographic, cultural and management issues that face cities around the globe. Hall was for many years a planning and regeneration adviser to successive UK governments. He was Special Adviser on Strategic Planning to theBritish government(1991–94) and a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force (1998–1999).^[1]Hall is considered by many to be the father of the industrialenterprise zoneconcept, adopted by countries worldwide to develop industry in disadvantaged areas.

Biography

Hall was born inHampstead,north London, England. In 1940, his family moved toBlackpool,when his father, a clerical officer in the pensions service, was relocated. Hall attendedBlackpool Grammar Schooland then graduated fromSt Catharine's College, Cambridge,with a master's degree and Doctorate in Geography before starting his academic career in 1957 as lecturer atBirkbeck College,University of London.^[4]

Hall was married to Carla Wartenberg from 1962 to 1966, and Magdalena Mróz from 1967 until his death. He died in London on 30 July 2014 at the age of 82.^[5]There are many obituaries to his career and impact.^[6]

Academic work

In a 1977 address to theRoyal Town Planning Institute,Hall put forth the idea of a "Freeport" within a city, a concept that would come to be known as an Enterprise Zone.^[7]Enterprise Zones were to be open to immigration of capital and people, without taxes or bureaucracy, modeled afterHong Kongin the 1950s. In practice, Enterprise Zones became areas where taxes were waived and development highly subsidized.^[7]

In his final years, Hall strongly perceived that British planners had fallen behind their European counterparts. His last bookGood Cities: Better Livesand last book chapter "The Strange Death of British Planning: And How to Bring About a Miraculous Revival", both published in 2014, stress this point and seek to direct attention to planning examples from mainland Europe. His vision of clusters of existing towns and new garden cities to form new dynamic city regions in the north-west, the Midlands and the south-east of England won his team a commendation in theWolfson Economics Prizecompetition in May 2014.^[8]

Honours and awards

The Professor Sir Peter Hall Overground train

Hall wasknightedin 1998 for services to the Town and Country Planning Association. He was awarded theVautrin Lud International Geography Prizein 2001; the Royal Town Planning Institute Gold Medal and theFounder's Medalof theRoyal Geographical Societyfor distinction in research in 2003; and theBalzan Prizefor theSocial and Cultural History of Cities since the Beginning of the 16th Centuryin 2005. He won the last award"for his unique contribution to the history of ideas about urban planning, his acute analysis of the physical, social and economic problems of modern cities and his powerful historical investigations into the cultural creativity of city life."^[9]He also won theRegional StudiesPrize for Overall Contribution to the Field of Regional Studies in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Hall also received an Honorary Doctorate fromHeriot-Watt Universityin 2002.^[10]

On 30 April 2015,Transport for Londondedicated a train in recognition of his contribution to London's transport infrastructure. The train, Number 378 204, is a five-carriageLondon Overground Class 378train.^[11]^[12]

Publications

Books

Peter Hall (2013)Good Cities, Better Lives: How Europe Discovered the Lost Art of Urbanism.London: Routledge.ISBN 978-1134545742
Peter Hall (2007)London Voices, London Lives: Tales from a Working Capital.Bristol: Policy Press.ISBN 978-1861349835
Nick Buck, Ian Gordon, Peter Hall, Michael Harloe, and Mark Kleinman (2002)Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London.London: Routledge.ISBN 978-0415279321
Peter Hall, Ulrich Pfeiffer (2000)Urban Future 21: a Global Agenda for Twenty-First Century Cities.London: Routledge. (updated 2013).ISBN 978-0415240758
Peter Hall,Colin Ward(1998)Sociable Cities: Legacy of Ebenezer Howard.Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.ISBN 978-0471985051
Peter Hall (1998)Cities in Civilization: Culture, Technology, and Urban Order.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: Pantheon Books.ISBN 978-0394587325
Peter Hall,Manuel Castells(1994)Technopoles of the World: The Making of 21st-Century Industrial Complexes.London: Routledge.ISBN 978-0394587325
Ann Markusen, Peter Hall, Scott Campbell, and Sabina Deitrick (1991)The Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0195066487
Peter Hall (1989)London 2001London: Unwin Hyman.ISBN 978-0044451617
Peter Hall (1988)Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth CenturyOxford: Blackwell Publishing. Reprinted 1988. Updated 1996, 2002, 2014.ISBN 978-1118456477
Peter Hall and Paschal Preston (1988)The Carrier Wave: New Information Technology and the Geography of Innovation 1846–2003.London: Unwin Hyman.ISBN 978-0044450818
Peter Hall,Michael J. Breheny,Ronald McQuaid, and Douglas Hart (1987)Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor.London: Unwin Hyman.ISBN 978-0043381427
Peter Hall, Ann Markusen and Amy K. Glasmeier (1986)High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries.Boston: Allen & Unwin.ISBN 978-0043381397
Michael J. Breheny,Douglas A. Hart, and Peter Hall (1986)Eastern Promise? Development Prospects for the M11 Corridor.Spatial and Economic Associates, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading.
Peter Hall and Carmen Hass-Klau (1985)Can Rail save the City? The Impact of Rail Rapid Transit and Pedestrianisation on British and German Cities.Aldershot: Gower Publishing.ISBN 978-0566009471
Peter Hall and Dennis Hay (1980)Growth Centres in the European Urban System.London: Heinemann.ISBN 978-0435353803
Peter Hall (1980)Great Planning Disasters.London: Weidenfeld.ISBN 978-0520046078
Peter Hall (1975)Urban and Regional Planning.Harmondsworth/London: Penguin. Reprinted 1982; Newton Abbott, David and Charles, 1975; London: Routledge, 1992, 2002, fifth edition 2010 with Mark Tewdwr-Jones.ISBN 978-0415566544
Marion Clawson and Peter Hall (1973)Planning and Urban Growth: An Anglo-American Comparison.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins.ISBN 978-0801814969
Peter Hall, with Ray Thomas, Harry Gracey, and Roy Drewett (1973)The Containment of Urban England.London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Beverley Hills: Sage Publications Inc. (Two volumes. Vol. 1: "Urban and Metropolitan Growth Processes or Megalopolis Denied"; Vol. 2: "The Planning System: Objectives, Operations, Impacts" )ISBN 978-0043520666
Peter Hall (1966)The World Cities.London: World University Library, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. (French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish translations published simultaneously) Reprinted 1977, 1983.
Peter Hall (1963)London 2000.London, Faber & Faber. Reprinted 1969, 1971.

Edited volumes

Peter Hall and Kathy Pain (eds.) (2006)Polycentric Metropolis: Learning from Mega-city Regions in Europe.London, Sterling, VA: Earthscan.ISBN 978-1844077472
Michael J. Brehenyand Peter Hall (eds.) 1999.The people: where will they work? National report of the TCPA Regional Inquiry into Housing Need and Provision in England.Town and Country Planning Association.
Michael J. Brehenyand Peter Hall (eds.) 1996.The people: where will they go? National report of the TCPA Regional Inquiry into Housing Need and Provision in England.Town and Country Planning Association.
Peter Hall and Ann Markusen (eds.) (1985).Silicon Landscapes.Boston: Allen & Unwin.ISBN 978-0043381236
Peter Hall (ed.) (1981)The Inner City in Context.London: Heinemann.ISBN 978-0435357177
Peter Hall (ed.) (1977)Europe 2000.London: Duckworth.ISBN 978-0715609873

Book chapters

Peter Hall.The Strange Death of British Planning: And How to Bring About a Miraculous Revival.In: Manns, J, (ed.)Kaleidoscope City: Reflections on Planning and London.(56–62). Birdcage Print: London (2014).
Peter Hall and Colomb, C. In: Hutchinson, R, (ed.)Encyclopedia of Urban Studies.(340–341). Sage: London (2010).ISBN 978-1412914321
Peter Hall.The United Kingdom’s Experience in Revitalizing Inner Cities.In:Ingram G and Hong Y-H (ed.) Land Policies and their Outcomes: Proceedings of the 2006 Land Policy Conference.(259–283). Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Cambridge, Mass (2007).
Peter Hall.Delineating Urban Territories: Is this a Relevant Issue?In: Cattan N (ed.)Cities and Networks in Europe: A Critical Approach of Polycentrism.(3–14). Éditions John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge (2007).ISBN 978-2742006779
Peter Hall.From Coronation to Jubilee.In: Buonfino A and Mulgan G (ed.)Porcupines in Winter: The Pleasures and Pains of Living Together in Modern Britain.(16–22). Young Foundation: London (2006).ISBN 978-1905551002
Peter Hall.Why Some Cities Flourish while Others Languish.In: UN-Habitat (ed.)The State of the World’s Cities Report, 2006/2007.(13). UN-Habitat/Earthscan: London (2006).
Peter Hall.What is the Future of Capital Cities?In: Gordon DLA (ed.)Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities.(270–274). (2006).ISBN 978-0415280617
Peter Hall.The Land Fetish: Densities and London Planning.In: Kochan B (ed.)London: Bigger and Better?(84–93). (2006).

Pamphlets

Peter Hall. (1980)A radical agenda for London.London: Fabian Society.

References

^^a ^bProf. Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett School of Planning
^"Regional Studies Association".regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk.Regional Studies Association. Archived fromthe originalon 18 February 2007.Retrieved4 July2017.
^Caves, R. W. (2004).Encyclopedia of the City.Routledge. p. 329.
^Interview inThe Guardian,2007
^"RTPI," RTPI pays tribute to Sir Peter Hall ", 31 July 2014".Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2018.Retrieved31 July2014.
^"Peter Hall Obituary in Environment and Planning A".Retrieved3 November2014.
^^a ^bHall, Peter (17 April 2014).Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880.Wiley.ISBN 978-1-118-45650-7.
^Simon Wicks, "Peter Hall: Master Planner", The Planner, 08/09/2014
^UCL News on Balzan Prize 2005
^"Heriot--Watt University Edinburgh & Scottish Borders: Annual Review 2002".www1.hw.ac.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2016.Retrieved30 March2016.
^"TfL names London Overground train in honour of Sir Peter Hall".The Bartlett.30 April 2015.Retrieved28 August2019.
^Planning Magazine, "Diary", Issue 2014, 9 October 2015, p.32

Honorary Degree Orations, Loughborough University 2005
UCL News 2005,Thames Gateway Forum 2006 (Dr Jabed Rahman)

External links

Party political offices
Preceded by Jeremy Bray	Chairman of theFabian Society 1971 – 1972	Succeeded by Anthony Lester

[Bartlett-1] Prof. Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett School of Planning

[2] "Regional Studies Association".regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk.Regional Studies Association. Archived fromthe originalon 18 February 2007.Retrieved4 July2017.

[3] Caves, R. W. (2004).Encyclopedia of the City.Routledge. p. 329.

[4] Interview inThe Guardian,2007

[5] "RTPI," RTPI pays tribute to Sir Peter Hall ", 31 July 2014".Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2018.Retrieved31 July2014.

[6] "Peter Hall Obituary in Environment and Planning A".Retrieved3 November2014.

[cities-7] Hall, Peter (17 April 2014).Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880.Wiley.ISBN 978-1-118-45650-7.

[8] Simon Wicks, "Peter Hall: Master Planner", The Planner, 08/09/2014

[9] UCL News on Balzan Prize 2005

[10] "Heriot--Watt University Edinburgh & Scottish Borders: Annual Review 2002".www1.hw.ac.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2016.Retrieved30 March2016.

[11] "TfL names London Overground train in honour of Sir Peter Hall".The Bartlett.30 April 2015.Retrieved28 August2019.

[12] Planning Magazine, "Diary", Issue 2014, 9 October 2015, p.32

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Sir Peter Hall FBA
Hall atPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Chairman of the Fabian Society
In office 1971–1972
Preceded by	Jeremy Bray
Succeeded by	Anthony Lester

Personal details
Born	Peter Geoffrey Hall (1932-03-19)19 March 1932 Hampstead,London, England
Died	30 July 2014(2014-07-30)(aged 82) London, England
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation	urban geographer,town planner
Known for	World Citiesranking,urban planninghistory,city regions,enterprise zones