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Abstract
This paper explores the role of stewardship in developing sustainable communities. It begins with a discussion of historical examples of landowners taking a long-term view of the development and management of the built environment, and contrasts these with the short-term view of development taken by the contemporary UK housebuilding industry. It then presents a case study of contemporary private-sector stewardship, which is seen as an example of best practice in the creation of sustainable communities, and explores the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential of private-sector-led stewardship to produce high-quality development and its lessons for creating sustainable communities.
Acknowledgements
The case study presented in this paper was part of a research project on international experience with urban intensification commissioned by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment New Zealand and undertaken by the Department of Town Planning, The University of Sheffield, and the Department of Urban Development and Regeneration, The University of Westminster.
Notes
1. Asterisks as in the original.
2. In October 2009, Roger Evans Associates Ltd adopted the trading name Studio/REAL.