Drawing on the author's own extensive experience of planning practice at all levels, this major new text reflects on the skills needed to do the job and how these might be developed. Planning practice skills are divided into seven broad clusters which are introduced, analyzed, and then tested through self-assessment case studies and exercises.

TED KITCHEN is Professor of Planning and Urban Regeneration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Introduction
Technical Skills
Planning System and Process Skills
Place Skills
Customer Skills
Personal Skills
Organisational, Management and Political Context Skills
Synoptic and Integrative Skills
The Changing Planning Skills Debate
Conclusions.