Professor David Adams

  • Emeritus Professor in Urban Studies (Urban Studies)

Research interests

Research Interests

State-market relations in land and property, with a particular focus on planning and land policy, real estate developers, speculative housebuilders, brownfield redevelopment, and place quality


Selected publications

Grants

Grants

Delivering the Value of Planning, RTPI 2015-16

The Value of Planning, RTPI, 2013-14

Review of Strategic Development Plans in Scotland, Scottish Government, 2013-14

Places Needs Leaders, Architecture + Design Scotland, 2011

Delivering Better Places in Scotland, Architecture + Design Scotland, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Scottish Centre for Regeneration, 2009-10

Brownfield Market Signals, Campaign to Protect Rural England, 2008-2009

Discovering Property Policy: An Examination of Scottish Executive Policy and the Property Sector, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 2008-09

Understanding Builder to Builder Residential Transactions, UK Department for Communities and Local Government, 2008

Factors Affecting Build-Out Rates (PDF), UK Department of Communities and Local Government, 2008


Supervision

Please note that I am no longer taking on new PhD students - all enquiries should instead be made to Prof Moira Munro at moira.munro@glasgow.ac.uk

Current Research Students

Eimear Fallon

  • How the decision to develop is made by property developers in Dublin

Michael Kordas

  • Whose vision, whose places, whose future? Charrettes in the Scottish planning system

Past Research Students

Michael O'Sullivan (PhD 2018)

Georgiana Varna (PhD 2011)

Rowena Lee (PhD 2011)

Katherine Champion (PhD 2010)

 Sarah Payne (PhD 2009)

 Sallehuddin Ishak (PhD 2008)

 Maliti Musole (PhD 2007)

Isaac Ng (PhD 2000)

  • Urban redevelopment in Hong Kong 

Thomas Munjoma (PhD 1999)

  • The Harare office market

Douglas Skelly (PhD 1997) 

  • Property development by British Gas

Teaching

MSc module in Development Process

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the process of real estate development in relation to its broader social, economic, legal and political context.


Additional information

Public Service

Scottish Land Commissioner and Board Member of the Scottish Land Commission, 2016

Academic and Professional Memberships

Advisory, Editorial and Review Experience

  • Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Property Research, 2016-
  • Deputy Chair of Sub-Panel 16 (Architecture, Built Environment & Planning) for Research Evaluation Framework (REF) 2014
  • Adviser, Scottish Government’s Land Reform Review Group, 2012-14
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Territorio Italia Land Administration, Cadastre and Real Estate, 2011-
  • Member of Housing Markets and Planning Analysis Expert Panel, UK Department for Communities and Local Government, 2007-10
  • Member RAE 2008 Sub-Panel 31 (Town and Country Planning)
  • International Member of the Hong Kong RAE 2006 Panel for the Built Environment, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Member of ‘post-Barker’ Housing Economics Advisory Group, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2004-05
  • Member of Planning Research Advisory Network, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2003-04
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Town Planning Review, 2002-

Academic, External Examining and Professional Service

  • External Examiner for MSc Planning, Design and Regeneration programmes, Queens’s University Belfast, 2014-18
  • RTPI Partnership Board Member, University College London, 2010-15
  • RTPI Education Review Steering Group, 2007-11
  • External Examiner for MSc in Real Estate, University of Hong Kong, 2007-10
  • External Reviewer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, 2007
  • External Examiner for Master of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, 2005-2008
  • Chair of RTPI Task Group on Course Content and Structure, 2003
  • External Reviewer, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, 2003
  • External Examiner for MA in Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, 2000-2003
  • Member of the RTPI Education Commission, 2000-2002
  • Member of the RTPI Accreditation Task Group, 2000-2001
  • External Examiner for MSc in Marine Resource Management, Heriot-Watt University, 1999-2004
  • Chair of the Conference of Heads of Planning Schools (CHOPS), 1999-2002
  • Member of the RTPI/CHOPS Careers Working Party, 1999-2002
  • External Examiner MSc/M.Phil course in Land Management, University of Reading, 1995-1998

All publications

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Number of items: 76.

2019

Adams, D. and Tolson, S. (2019) Valuation in the dark: Constructing perceptions of normality in failing markets. Town Planning Review, 90(4), pp. 383-406. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2019.26)

Payne, S., Serin, B., James, G. and Adams, D. (2019) How does the land supply system affect the business of UK speculative housebuilding? An evidence review. Project Report. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), Glasgow.

2018

Varna, G., Adams, D. and Docherty, I. (2018) Development networks and urban growth in small cities. European Urban and Regional Studies, (doi:10.1177/0969776418802919) (Early Online Publication)

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2018) Making the economic case for planning. Town Planning Review, 89(5), pp. 437-442. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2018.28)

Payne, S., Adams, D. , Serin, B. and James, G. (2018) Contemporary Practices in Speculative Housing Provision. HSA Conference 2018: Professionalism, Policy and Practice; Exploring the Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Housing Studies, Sheffield, UK, 11-13 Apr 2018.

Adams, D. , Payne, S., Serin, B. and James, G. (2018) Land and housing supply: It's about more than just build out rates. [Website]

2017

Adams, D. , Disberry, A. and Hutchison, N. (2017) Still vacant after all these years – evaluating the efficiency of property-led urban regeneration. Local Economy, 32(6), pp. 505-524. (doi:10.1177/0269094217729129)

Adams, D. (2017) Jayne Glass, Martin F. Price, Charles Warren and Alister Scott (eds), Lairds, Land and Sustainability – Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management. Northern Scotland, 8(1), pp. 119-122. (doi:10.3366/nor.2017.0138) [Book Review]

Adams, D. (2017) Tackling hardcore vacancy through compulsory sale orders. In: Henneberry, J. (ed.) Transience and Permanence in Urban Development. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 215-229. ISBN 9781119055655

2016

Adams, D. , O'Sullivan, M., Inch, A., Tait, M., Watkins, C. and Harris, M. (2016) Delivering the Value of Planning. Project Report. Royal Town Planning Institute, London.

2015

Heurkens, E., Adams, D. and Hobma, F. (2015) Planners as market actors: the role of local planning authorities in UK’s urban regeneration practice. Town Planning Review, 86(6), pp. 625-650. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2015.37)

Adams, D. (2015) Time to call time on vacancy and dereliction in Scotland. Scotregen, 2015(Summer), 21 Oct.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 2: Explaining the Housing Land Corporation. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 3: Explaining Majority Land Assembly. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 4: Explaining Public Interest Led Development. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 5: Explaining Statutory Rights of Pre-Emption. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 6: Explaining Urban Partnership Zones. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 7: Response to Scottish Government Report to its ‘Land Reform Review Sounding Board’ on its Recent Housing and Regeneration Consultation. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Compulsory Sale Orders as a Response to Hardcore Urban Vacancy and Dereliction. In: Transience and Permanence in Urban Development Workshop, Univeristy of Sheffield, UK, 23 Jan 2015,

Adams, D. (2015) Land reform in urban Scotland. Policy Scotland Now, 12,

Adams, D. (2015) Three proposals for land reform in Scotland. Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, 171, pp. 111-112.

Adams, D. (2015) United Kingdom: Growth, structure and priorities of the UK real estate development industry: the longstanding division between commercial and residential developers. In: Squires, G. and Heurkens, E. (eds.) International Approaches to Real Estate Development. Routledge: London, pp. 46-65. ISBN 9780415828574

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 1: Explaining Compulsory Sale Orders. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2014

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2014) The Value of Planning. Project Report. RTPI, London.

Adams, D. and O'Sullivan, M. (2014) Review of Strategic Development Plans in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

2013

Adams, D. (2013) The potential for urban land reform in Scotland. In: AESOP-ACSP Joint Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 Jul 2013,

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2013) Shaping Places: Urban Planning, Design and Development. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415497961

Adams, D. , Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T. (2013) Smart parcelization and place diversity: reconciling real estate and urban design priorities. Journal of Urban Design, 18(4), pp. 459-477. (doi:10.1080/13574809.2013.824367)

2012

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2012) House builder networks and residential land markets. Urban Studies, 49(4), pp. 705-720. (doi:10.1177/0042098011405687)

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2012) Exploring the 'notional property developer' as a policy construct. Urban Studies, 49(12), pp. 2577-2596. (doi:10.1177/0042098011431283)

Adams, D. and Davies, T. (2012) Places Need Leaders. Discussion Paper. Architecture and Design Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A. and Hutchison, N. (2012) Whatever happened to brownfield land? Town and Country Planning, Oct, pp. 433-437.

Moore, C. and Adams, D. (2012) House building industries: Western Europe and North America. In: Smith, S.J., Elsinga, M., Fox O'Mahony, L., Eng, O.S., Wachter, S. and Ronald, R. (eds.) International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home. Volume 3. Elsevier: Oxford, pp. 211-216.

2011

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (Eds.) (2011) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford. ISBN 978-1-4051-9219-4

Adams, D. (2011) The 'wicked problem' of planning for housing development in the UK. Housing Studies, 26(6), pp. 951-960. (doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.593128)

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2011) Design codes, opportunity space and marketability of new housing. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 38(2), pp. 289-306. (doi:10.1068/b36055)

Adams, D. and Payne, S. (2011) 'Business as usual?' Exploring the design response of UK speculative housebuilders to the brownfield development challenge. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 199-218.

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2011) Smart parcelisation: reconciling development and design priorities. In: 52nd Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Salt Lake City, 13-16 Oct 2011,

Adams, D. , Tiesdell, S. and Weeks, G. (2011) Delivering Better Places in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2011) Connecting urban design to real estate development. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 282-298.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2011) Real estate development, urban design and the tools approach to public policy. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 1-33.

2010

Adams, D. , De Sousa, C. and Tiesdell, S. (2010) Brownfield development: A comparison of North American and British approaches. Urban Studies, 47(1), pp. 75-104. (doi:10.1177/0042098009346868)

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2010) House builder networks and residential land markets. In: CCHPR 20th Anniversary Conference: Housing – the next 20 years, Cambridge, 15-16 September 2010,

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2010) Planners as market actors: rethinking state-market relations in land and property. Planning Theory and Practice, 11(2), pp. 187-207. (doi:10.1080/14649351003759631)

2009

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2009) Discovering Property Policy: An Examination of Scottish Executive Policy and the Property Sector. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Adams, D. and Leishman, C. (2009) Brownfield market signals. Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Moore, C. (2009) Why not build faster? Explaining the speed at which British UK house builders develop new homes for owner occupation. In: International Sociological Association Conference, Glasgow, September 2009,

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Moore, C. (2009) Why not build faster?: Explaining the speed at which British house-builders develop new homes for owner-occupation. Town Planning Review, 80(3), pp. 291-314. (doi:10.3828/tpr.80.3.4)

Adams, D. , Payne, S. and Watkins, C. (2009) Corporate social responsibility and the UK housebuilding industry. In: Murray, M. and Dainty, A. (eds.) Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry. Spon: London, pp. 235-258.

2008

Adams, D. (2008) Mapping out the regulatory environment and its interaction with land and property markets. Energy Policy, 36, pp. 4570-4574.

Adams, D. , Cartlidge, L., Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2008) Understanding Builder to Builder Residential Land Transactions. Department for Communities and Local Government.

Adams, D. and Leishman, C. (2008) Factors Affecting Build Out Rates. Department for Communities and Local Government.

Dixon, T. and Adams, D. (2008) Housing supply and brownfield regeneration in a post-Barker review world: A comparison of policy and practice in England and Scotland. Urban Studies, 45(1), pp. 115-139. (doi:10.1177/0042098007085104)

2007

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2007) The Vital City. Town Planning Review, 78, pp. 671-679.

2006

Adams, D. (2006) Taking Your Institutional Choice. Town Planning Review, 76(4), pp. 485-487.

Tiesdell, S., Adams, D. , Hastings, A. and Turok, I. (2006) A Step Change in Scottish Regeneration Policy? Town and Country Planning, 75(4 Apri), pp. 104-107.

2005

Adair, A., Berry, J., Gibb, K. , Hutchison, N., McGreal, S. and Watkins, C. (2005) Urban regeneration, property indices and market performance. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell, pp. 148-166. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Dunse, N. and White, M. (2005) Conceptualising State-Market Relations in Land and Property: the Mainstream Contribution of Neo-Classical and Welfare Economics. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 17-36. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Watkins, C. and White, M. (2005) Examining public policy and property markets. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 3-13. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Watkins, C. and White, M. (2005) Planning, public policy and property markets: current relations and future challenges. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 239-251. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Dunse, N. and White, M. (2005) Conceptualising state-market relations in land and property: the growth of institutionalism - extension or challenge to mainstream economics? In: Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell, pp. 37-55. ISBN 140512430X

Tiesdell, S. and Allmendinger, P. (2005) Planning tools and markets: towards an extended conceptualisation. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405124300

2004

Adams, D. (2004) The Changing Regulatory Environment for Speculative Housebuilding and the Construction of Core Competencies for Brownfield Development. Environment and Planning A, 36(4), pp. 601-624.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2004) Design Matters: Major House Builders and the Design Challenge of Brownfield Development Contexts. Journal of Urban Design, 9(1), pp. 23-45.

2003

Adams, D. (2003) Re-evaluating the concept of planned development. Planning Theory and Practice, 4, pp. 45-48.

2002

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Brownfield land: owner characteristics, attitudes and networks. In: Rydin, Y. and Thornley, A. (eds.) Planning in the UK: Agendas for the New Millennium. Ashgate: Aldershot, pp. 317-336. ISBN 0754619427

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Land policy and urban renaissance: the impact of ownership constraints in four British cities. Planning Theory and Practice, 3, pp. 195-217.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Vacant urban land: exploring ownership strategies and actions. Town Planning Review, 73, pp. 395-416.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) The impact of land management and development strategies on urban redevelopment prospects. In: Guy, S. and Henneberry, J. (eds.) Development and developers : perspectives on property. Blackwell Science: Oxford, pp. 135-157. ISBN 0632058420

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Retail location, competition and urban redevelopment. Service Industries Journal, 22, pp. 135-148.

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2002) Greenfields, brownfields and housing development. Series: Real estate issues. Blackwell Science: Oxford. ISBN 9780632063871

2001

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Managing urban land: the case for urban partnership zones. Regional Studies, 35(2), pp. 153-162.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Ownership constraints to brownfield redevelopment. Environment and Planning A, 33, pp. 453-477.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Urban redevelopment: contextual influences and landowner behaviour. Journal of Property Research, 18(3), pp. 217-234.

Adams, D. and Hastings, E. (2001) Assessing institutional relations in development partnerships: the Land Development Corporation and the Hong Kong Government prior to 1997. Urban Studies, 38, pp. 1473-1492.

Adams, D. and Hastings, E. (2001) Urban renewal in Hong Kong: transition from development corporation to renewal authority. Land Use Policy, 18, pp. 245-258.

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Articles

Adams, D. and Tolson, S. (2019) Valuation in the dark: Constructing perceptions of normality in failing markets. Town Planning Review, 90(4), pp. 383-406. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2019.26)

Varna, G., Adams, D. and Docherty, I. (2018) Development networks and urban growth in small cities. European Urban and Regional Studies, (doi:10.1177/0969776418802919) (Early Online Publication)

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2018) Making the economic case for planning. Town Planning Review, 89(5), pp. 437-442. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2018.28)

Adams, D. , Disberry, A. and Hutchison, N. (2017) Still vacant after all these years – evaluating the efficiency of property-led urban regeneration. Local Economy, 32(6), pp. 505-524. (doi:10.1177/0269094217729129)

Heurkens, E., Adams, D. and Hobma, F. (2015) Planners as market actors: the role of local planning authorities in UK’s urban regeneration practice. Town Planning Review, 86(6), pp. 625-650. (doi:10.3828/tpr.2015.37)

Adams, D. (2015) Time to call time on vacancy and dereliction in Scotland. Scotregen, 2015(Summer), 21 Oct.

Adams, D. (2015) Land reform in urban Scotland. Policy Scotland Now, 12,

Adams, D. (2015) Three proposals for land reform in Scotland. Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, 171, pp. 111-112.

Adams, D. , Tiesdell, S. and White, J.T. (2013) Smart parcelization and place diversity: reconciling real estate and urban design priorities. Journal of Urban Design, 18(4), pp. 459-477. (doi:10.1080/13574809.2013.824367)

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2012) House builder networks and residential land markets. Urban Studies, 49(4), pp. 705-720. (doi:10.1177/0042098011405687)

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2012) Exploring the 'notional property developer' as a policy construct. Urban Studies, 49(12), pp. 2577-2596. (doi:10.1177/0042098011431283)

Adams, D. , Disberry, A. and Hutchison, N. (2012) Whatever happened to brownfield land? Town and Country Planning, Oct, pp. 433-437.

Adams, D. (2011) The 'wicked problem' of planning for housing development in the UK. Housing Studies, 26(6), pp. 951-960. (doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.593128)

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2011) Design codes, opportunity space and marketability of new housing. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 38(2), pp. 289-306. (doi:10.1068/b36055)

Adams, D. , De Sousa, C. and Tiesdell, S. (2010) Brownfield development: A comparison of North American and British approaches. Urban Studies, 47(1), pp. 75-104. (doi:10.1177/0042098009346868)

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2010) Planners as market actors: rethinking state-market relations in land and property. Planning Theory and Practice, 11(2), pp. 187-207. (doi:10.1080/14649351003759631)

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Moore, C. (2009) Why not build faster?: Explaining the speed at which British house-builders develop new homes for owner-occupation. Town Planning Review, 80(3), pp. 291-314. (doi:10.3828/tpr.80.3.4)

Adams, D. (2008) Mapping out the regulatory environment and its interaction with land and property markets. Energy Policy, 36, pp. 4570-4574.

Dixon, T. and Adams, D. (2008) Housing supply and brownfield regeneration in a post-Barker review world: A comparison of policy and practice in England and Scotland. Urban Studies, 45(1), pp. 115-139. (doi:10.1177/0042098007085104)

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2007) The Vital City. Town Planning Review, 78, pp. 671-679.

Adams, D. (2006) Taking Your Institutional Choice. Town Planning Review, 76(4), pp. 485-487.

Tiesdell, S., Adams, D. , Hastings, A. and Turok, I. (2006) A Step Change in Scottish Regeneration Policy? Town and Country Planning, 75(4 Apri), pp. 104-107.

Adams, D. (2004) The Changing Regulatory Environment for Speculative Housebuilding and the Construction of Core Competencies for Brownfield Development. Environment and Planning A, 36(4), pp. 601-624.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2004) Design Matters: Major House Builders and the Design Challenge of Brownfield Development Contexts. Journal of Urban Design, 9(1), pp. 23-45.

Adams, D. (2003) Re-evaluating the concept of planned development. Planning Theory and Practice, 4, pp. 45-48.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Land policy and urban renaissance: the impact of ownership constraints in four British cities. Planning Theory and Practice, 3, pp. 195-217.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Vacant urban land: exploring ownership strategies and actions. Town Planning Review, 73, pp. 395-416.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Retail location, competition and urban redevelopment. Service Industries Journal, 22, pp. 135-148.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Managing urban land: the case for urban partnership zones. Regional Studies, 35(2), pp. 153-162.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Ownership constraints to brownfield redevelopment. Environment and Planning A, 33, pp. 453-477.

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2001) Urban redevelopment: contextual influences and landowner behaviour. Journal of Property Research, 18(3), pp. 217-234.

Adams, D. and Hastings, E. (2001) Assessing institutional relations in development partnerships: the Land Development Corporation and the Hong Kong Government prior to 1997. Urban Studies, 38, pp. 1473-1492.

Adams, D. and Hastings, E. (2001) Urban renewal in Hong Kong: transition from development corporation to renewal authority. Land Use Policy, 18, pp. 245-258.

Books

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2013) Shaping Places: Urban Planning, Design and Development. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415497961

Adams, D. , Croudace, R. and Tiesdell, S. (2009) Discovering Property Policy: An Examination of Scottish Executive Policy and the Property Sector. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Adams, D. and Leishman, C. (2009) Brownfield market signals. Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Adams, D. , Cartlidge, L., Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2008) Understanding Builder to Builder Residential Land Transactions. Department for Communities and Local Government.

Adams, D. and Leishman, C. (2008) Factors Affecting Build Out Rates. Department for Communities and Local Government.

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2002) Greenfields, brownfields and housing development. Series: Real estate issues. Blackwell Science: Oxford. ISBN 9780632063871

Book Sections

Adams, D. (2017) Tackling hardcore vacancy through compulsory sale orders. In: Henneberry, J. (ed.) Transience and Permanence in Urban Development. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 215-229. ISBN 9781119055655

Adams, D. (2015) United Kingdom: Growth, structure and priorities of the UK real estate development industry: the longstanding division between commercial and residential developers. In: Squires, G. and Heurkens, E. (eds.) International Approaches to Real Estate Development. Routledge: London, pp. 46-65. ISBN 9780415828574

Moore, C. and Adams, D. (2012) House building industries: Western Europe and North America. In: Smith, S.J., Elsinga, M., Fox O'Mahony, L., Eng, O.S., Wachter, S. and Ronald, R. (eds.) International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home. Volume 3. Elsevier: Oxford, pp. 211-216.

Adams, D. and Payne, S. (2011) 'Business as usual?' Exploring the design response of UK speculative housebuilders to the brownfield development challenge. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 199-218.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2011) Connecting urban design to real estate development. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 282-298.

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (2011) Real estate development, urban design and the tools approach to public policy. In: Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (eds.) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 1-33.

Adams, D. , Payne, S. and Watkins, C. (2009) Corporate social responsibility and the UK housebuilding industry. In: Murray, M. and Dainty, A. (eds.) Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry. Spon: London, pp. 235-258.

Adair, A., Berry, J., Gibb, K. , Hutchison, N., McGreal, S. and Watkins, C. (2005) Urban regeneration, property indices and market performance. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell, pp. 148-166. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Dunse, N. and White, M. (2005) Conceptualising State-Market Relations in Land and Property: the Mainstream Contribution of Neo-Classical and Welfare Economics. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 17-36. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Watkins, C. and White, M. (2005) Examining public policy and property markets. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 3-13. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Watkins, C. and White, M. (2005) Planning, public policy and property markets: current relations and future challenges. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 239-251. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Dunse, N. and White, M. (2005) Conceptualising state-market relations in land and property: the growth of institutionalism - extension or challenge to mainstream economics? In: Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell, pp. 37-55. ISBN 140512430X

Tiesdell, S. and Allmendinger, P. (2005) Planning tools and markets: towards an extended conceptualisation. In: Adams, D., Watkins, C. and White, M. (eds.) Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets. Series: Real estate issues (Oxford, England). Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405124300

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) Brownfield land: owner characteristics, attitudes and networks. In: Rydin, Y. and Thornley, A. (eds.) Planning in the UK: Agendas for the New Millennium. Ashgate: Aldershot, pp. 317-336. ISBN 0754619427

Adams, D. , Disberry, A., Hutchison, N. and Munjoma, T. (2002) The impact of land management and development strategies on urban redevelopment prospects. In: Guy, S. and Henneberry, J. (eds.) Development and developers : perspectives on property. Blackwell Science: Oxford, pp. 135-157. ISBN 0632058420

Book Reviews

Adams, D. (2017) Jayne Glass, Martin F. Price, Charles Warren and Alister Scott (eds), Lairds, Land and Sustainability – Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management. Northern Scotland, 8(1), pp. 119-122. (doi:10.3366/nor.2017.0138) [Book Review]

Edited Books

Tiesdell, S. and Adams, D. (Eds.) (2011) Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process. Blackwell: Oxford. ISBN 978-1-4051-9219-4

Research Reports or Papers

Payne, S., Serin, B., James, G. and Adams, D. (2019) How does the land supply system affect the business of UK speculative housebuilding? An evidence review. Project Report. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), Glasgow.

Adams, D. , O'Sullivan, M., Inch, A., Tait, M., Watkins, C. and Harris, M. (2016) Delivering the Value of Planning. Project Report. Royal Town Planning Institute, London.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 2: Explaining the Housing Land Corporation. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 3: Explaining Majority Land Assembly. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 4: Explaining Public Interest Led Development. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 5: Explaining Statutory Rights of Pre-Emption. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 6: Explaining Urban Partnership Zones. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 7: Response to Scottish Government Report to its ‘Land Reform Review Sounding Board’ on its Recent Housing and Regeneration Consultation. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. (2015) Urban Land Reform Briefing Paper No 1: Explaining Compulsory Sale Orders. Discussion Paper. Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Adams, D. and Watkins, C. (2014) The Value of Planning. Project Report. RTPI, London.

Adams, D. and O'Sullivan, M. (2014) Review of Strategic Development Plans in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Adams, D. and Davies, T. (2012) Places Need Leaders. Discussion Paper. Architecture and Design Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Adams, D. , Tiesdell, S. and Weeks, G. (2011) Delivering Better Places in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Conference or Workshop Item

Payne, S., Adams, D. , Serin, B. and James, G. (2018) Contemporary Practices in Speculative Housing Provision. HSA Conference 2018: Professionalism, Policy and Practice; Exploring the Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Housing Studies, Sheffield, UK, 11-13 Apr 2018.

Conference Proceedings

Adams, D. (2015) Compulsory Sale Orders as a Response to Hardcore Urban Vacancy and Dereliction. In: Transience and Permanence in Urban Development Workshop, Univeristy of Sheffield, UK, 23 Jan 2015,

Adams, D. (2013) The potential for urban land reform in Scotland. In: AESOP-ACSP Joint Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 Jul 2013,

Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2011) Smart parcelisation: reconciling development and design priorities. In: 52nd Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Salt Lake City, 13-16 Oct 2011,

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Watkins, C. (2010) House builder networks and residential land markets. In: CCHPR 20th Anniversary Conference: Housing – the next 20 years, Cambridge, 15-16 September 2010,

Adams, D. , Leishman, C. and Moore, C. (2009) Why not build faster? Explaining the speed at which British UK house builders develop new homes for owner occupation. In: International Sociological Association Conference, Glasgow, September 2009,

Website

Adams, D. , Payne, S., Serin, B. and James, G. (2018) Land and housing supply: It's about more than just build out rates. [Website]

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