Dr Andrew Hoolachan

  • Lecturer in Planning (Urban Studies)

Biography

Andrew has a PhD from the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge, an RTPI accredited MSc in International Planning from UCL and an MA (Hons) in Geography from the University of St Andrews. Andrew has worked between academia and policy, conducting research at Future Cities Catapult, LSE Cities and the New Local Government Network as well as at the University of Manchester and St Andrews. His main research interests are in urban governance, scale, sustainability, urban heritage and epistemological questions around how we produce knowledge to solve complex urban problems. His PhD research was a mixed-method site-based and policy analysis in East London, unpacking the strategic tensions and competing visions for a ‘sustainable’ future of the city within the parameters of the Localism Act (2011) in the shadow of the Olympic Legacy plan.

Research interests

Thematic interests:

  • Urban governance: particularly Localism, devolution to UK cities, City Deals, regionalism, comparative European governance, digital localism, municipalism
  • Urban political ecology: particularly the intersections between governance, built form, nature, power and everyday life
  • The built environment: particularly the history and theory of urban development from Rome to the 21st century; industrial and modern heritage, urban design, density and housing, infrastructure planning.

 

Methodological interests:

  • Emerging research methods for urban political ecology
  • Emerging research methods for urban practitioners
  • Site-based analysis 
  • Visual and digital methods
  • Policy analysis

 

Theoretical interests:

  • Scale (constructions of the local / regional / national etc.)
  • Political ecology
  • Cultural geographies
  • Landscape 
  • Architectural theory
  • Race, gender, sexuality and embodiment
  • Phenomenology and Non-Representational theories

 

Research groups

Publications

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2023

Gibb, K., Sharpe, T., Higney, A., Moreno-Rangel, A., Serin, B. , White, J. and Hoolachan, A. (2023) Niddrie Road, Glasgow: Tenement Retrofit Evaluation. Project Report. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

2022

McCandlish, A. and Hoolachan, A. (2022) Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning. [Website]

2021

Hoolachan, A. (2021) Walking cities: London. Journal of Urban Design, 26(3), pp. 397-399. (doi: 10.1080/13574809.2020.1866981)[Book Review]

2017

Rode, P., Heeckt, C., Huerta Melchor, O., Aherd, R., Robert, A., Badstuber, N., Hoolachan, A. and Kwami, C. (2017) Integrating National Policies to Deliver Compact, Connected Cities: an Overview of Transport and Housing. Working Paper. New Climate Economy.

2016

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Devolution in Practice. Discussion Paper. New Local Government Network (NLGN).

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Great British Plans: who made them and how they worked. Planning Perspectives, 31(3), pp. 502-504. (doi: 10.1080/02665433.2016.1166585)[Book Review]

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Localism and the scalar politics of a sustainable legacy. In: Poynter, G., Viehoff, V. and Li, Y. (eds.) The London Olympics and Urban Development: The Mega-Event City. Routledge: Oxon, UK, pp. 205-216. ISBN 9781138794948

2015

Hoolachan, A. (2015) Bring back the Arch! Dealing with the past in Scotland’s independence city. AESOP Young Academics Blog, 5 Oct.

Hoolachan, A. and Tewdwr-Jones, M. (2015) Localism, scale and place in claims for sustainable urbanism: Moving beyond the idealist and materialist. In: Davoudi, S. and Mandanipour, A. (eds.) Reconsidering Localism. Routledge. ISBN 9780415735612

2014

Hoolachan, A. (2014) The ‘nature’ of legacy under localism: fragmentation along the Greenway. Architectural Research Quarterly, 18(4), pp. 342-351. (doi: 10.1017/S135913551500007X)

2011

Houston, D., Werrity, A., Bassett, D., Geddes, A., Hoolachan, A. and McMillan, M. (2011) Pluvial (rain-related) flooding in urban areas: the invisible hazard. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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Number of items: 11.

Articles

Hoolachan, A. (2015) Bring back the Arch! Dealing with the past in Scotland’s independence city. AESOP Young Academics Blog, 5 Oct.

Hoolachan, A. (2014) The ‘nature’ of legacy under localism: fragmentation along the Greenway. Architectural Research Quarterly, 18(4), pp. 342-351. (doi: 10.1017/S135913551500007X)

Book Sections

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Localism and the scalar politics of a sustainable legacy. In: Poynter, G., Viehoff, V. and Li, Y. (eds.) The London Olympics and Urban Development: The Mega-Event City. Routledge: Oxon, UK, pp. 205-216. ISBN 9781138794948

Hoolachan, A. and Tewdwr-Jones, M. (2015) Localism, scale and place in claims for sustainable urbanism: Moving beyond the idealist and materialist. In: Davoudi, S. and Mandanipour, A. (eds.) Reconsidering Localism. Routledge. ISBN 9780415735612

Book Reviews

Hoolachan, A. (2021) Walking cities: London. Journal of Urban Design, 26(3), pp. 397-399. (doi: 10.1080/13574809.2020.1866981)[Book Review]

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Great British Plans: who made them and how they worked. Planning Perspectives, 31(3), pp. 502-504. (doi: 10.1080/02665433.2016.1166585)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Gibb, K., Sharpe, T., Higney, A., Moreno-Rangel, A., Serin, B. , White, J. and Hoolachan, A. (2023) Niddrie Road, Glasgow: Tenement Retrofit Evaluation. Project Report. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

Rode, P., Heeckt, C., Huerta Melchor, O., Aherd, R., Robert, A., Badstuber, N., Hoolachan, A. and Kwami, C. (2017) Integrating National Policies to Deliver Compact, Connected Cities: an Overview of Transport and Housing. Working Paper. New Climate Economy.

Hoolachan, A. (2016) Devolution in Practice. Discussion Paper. New Local Government Network (NLGN).

Houston, D., Werrity, A., Bassett, D., Geddes, A., Hoolachan, A. and McMillan, M. (2011) Pluvial (rain-related) flooding in urban areas: the invisible hazard. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Website

McCandlish, A. and Hoolachan, A. (2022) Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning. [Website]

This list was generated on Fri Apr 19 16:19:49 2024 BST.

Teaching

Spatial Planning Strategies

This MSc module brings together planning theory, contemporary policy, and current themes in planning to enable students to produce an integrated spatial plan for a particular urban area. This course contributes to various RTPI-accredited degree programmes on offer in the School of Social and Political Sciences.

Urban Economy

This undergraduate module brings together urban economics and urban planning theory and looks at how planners have responded to some key challenges posed by economic change in urban areas.