DOI: 10.22217/upi.2018.156
The Intervention of Semi-formal Institution in Britain’s Urban Design Process: An Empirical Study of Design Governance Based on CABE

Zhu He, Tang Yan

Keywords: Urban Design Operation; Design Governance; Informal Institution; Non-departmental Public Body; Britain

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As a merging concept of urban design, design governance has been proposed in Britain and used to guide the development of many urban design practices in recent years. Taking governments as the core, the idea encourages establishing a multi-role decision-making and action system involving experts, investors, citizen and other parts, so as to optimize the process of urban design implementation through formal and informal governance tools. This paper takes CABE, a British non-departmental public body, as an empirical example, to review its involvement and contribution in the field of urban design with government’s support over the past 20 years. Through analyzing the organization structure, work duties, design governance toolbox, and sample practical cases of CABE, it reveals the influence and experience of CABE on urban design operation in Britain in order to provide a reference for government and relevant researchers, and considerations for China’s formal and informal urban design institutional reform in the future.

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