John Ratcliffe is Professor Emeritus at Dublin University of Technology. He practised as a chartered planning and development consultant for many years. John is now a Strategic Foresight consultant for the built environment.

Michael Stubbs is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He specialises in planning work and is a visiting tutor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

Preface

Exordium (Spirit of the Work). Humankind 2050: Built Environment Challenges. A personal reflection by Prof John Ratcliffe

THEME ONE: Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place

Discourse 1: 'Imagine Ahead - Plan Backwards': The Art and Science of Strategic Foresight

Discourse 2: The 'Big Questions': A Cosmos of Uncertainty

Discourse 3: The Premium of Place

Discourse 4: Cultural Heritage Futures

Discourse 5: Post-pandemic: Disruptions, Aftershocks and Opportunities

THEME TWO: Global Governance and Anticipatory Leadership

Discourse 6: Can the World Be Governed?

Discourse 7: A New Sense of the Commons.

Discourse 8: The Pantheon of Public-Private Partnership.

Discourse 9: Anticipatory Leadership and Fostering Deliberative Democracy

Discourse 10: China and the World: A Changing Relationship

THEME THREE: Innovation, Reform and Exemplars

Discourse 11: Whither Work and the Workplace?

Discourse 12: Reconceptualising Higher Education

Discourse 13: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Discourse 14: Critical Infrastructure and Global Megaprojects

Discourse 15: Health, Well-Being and Happiness

THEME FOUR: Urban Planning and Real Estate Transformations

Discourse 16: Smart Cities and Smart Property Markets

Discourse 17: The 'Great Land Question'

Discourse 18: Transforming the Professions of the Built Environment

Discourse 19: Values and Valuation

Index