Patrick Wakely, AA Dip (London) RIBA Professor of Urban Development

Emeritus Professor of Urban Development (retired 2005)

Professor Wakely has 40 years of experience of teaching, research and consultancy in housing, urban development planning and management, institutional development and capacity building, on which he has worked in over 20 countries. He has held full-time academic appointments in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the United Kingdom and has undertaken applied research and consultancy for many international agencies including UNDP, UN-Habitat, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, DFID and other bilateral agencies.

Appointments
• 2003-04 Director, DPU Advisory Services
• 1989-2003 Director, Development Planning Unit, UCL
• Previous appointments have included: UN Training Advisor to the Sri Lanka Urban Development Authority (1979-81); Senior Lecturer, Unversidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (1976-79); Senior Tutor and Deputy Head, Department of Development and Tropical Studies, Architectural Association, London (1968-71); Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi Ghana (1964-68)

Recent Research and Consultancy Projects
• Advisor to the Sri Lanka Minster for Urban Development and Water Supply on the development of a National Human Settlements Reconstruction Policy, with particular emphasis on informal settlements following the December 2004 tsunami. (UN-Habitat)
• Team Leader for Southern Sudan Urban Study to assess the absorptive capacity of urban areas following the signing of the Peace Agreement. Policy recommendations for land legislation, planning and management procedures, infrastructure development and capacity building. (UNDP, 2005)
• Advisor, Ibis Southern Africa Urban Programme and the SA Coalition of the Urban Poor (DANIDA, 2004)
• Evaluation of the UN Urban Management Programme (UMP) and recommendations for its extension as the Urban Millennium Partnership to promote and build capacity for localising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in urban areas. (UNDP/UN-Habitat, 2003)
• Study of Integrated Urban Social Service Provision for the Urban Poor in Cambodia -Phnom Penh and three provincial towns (ADB, 2003)
• Evaluation of the Cities Alliance: “An Assessment of the First Three Years”, presented to the Consultative Group of donors and associations of local governments. (World Bank Cities Alliance, 2002)
• Co-ordination of research and drafting of the UN Global Report on Human Settlements 2003: The Challenge of Slums (UN-Habitat, 2002)
• Institutional development advisor to the UNDP/UNCHS/DFID Phnom Penh Urban Poverty Reduction Programme (UNDP/UNCHS, 2001)
• Director and Principal Researcher for Communication for Sustainable Urban Partnerships research project in Kenya, Brazil, Sri Lanka (DFID KaR, 2001-03)
• Project formulation and implementation plan for local environmental management through a system of CBOs in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (JBIC/UNCHS, 2001)
• Project identification, appraisal, monitoring and annual evaluation of local government and civil society co-operation in urban management and administration in informal settlements in Ghana (Ibis, DANIDA, 2000-05)
• Training needs assessment of the Tanzania Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government Sustainable Cities Programme (British Council, 2000)
• Director and Principal Researcher for the research project on Community Learning, Information and Communication (CLIC) with GHK Research and Training and the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), Mumbai (DFID KaR, 1998-2000)
• Co-Director of a joint project with IHS Rotterdam to develop Urban Development Co-operation Policy for the European Commission and Implementation Guidelines. (EC, 1998-99)
• Mid-term Evaluation of the Enabling Strategy for Shelter Development in Indonesia (UNDP/UNCHS, 1998)
• Terminal Evaluation of the Urban Management Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UNDP, 1997)
• Project appraisal for Support to Municipal Development and Management in the Middle Camp Area of Gaza, Palestinenian Authority (DANIDA, 1997)
• Evaluation of the Ibis Urban programme in Namibia and preparation of a Programme for the period 1997-2000. (Ibis, DANIDA, 1997)
• Previous research and institutional consultancy projects have been undertaken in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt, Colombia, the South Pacific.

Delegations and Committee Memberships:
• Member of the Advisory Board, United Nations Global Research Network on Human Settlements
• Member of the UK Delegation to the UN Global Urban Forum, (2002).
• Member of the UK Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Human Settlements (UNGASS Istanbul + 5) and Facilitator to the UNGASS Thematic Committee (2001).
• Member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Thirteenth (1991), Fourteenth (1993) Sixteenth (1997) Seventeenth (1999) Sessions of the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements.
• Member of the UK Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul 1996.
• Member of the United Kingdom National Council for Habitat II (UN Conference on Human Settlements - "The City Summit" - Istanbul 1996).

Recent Publications and Reports
Books and chapters in books:
• 2005 Communities and Communication: Shaping Urban Partnerships (with Riley, E.), IT Publishing, London
• 2003 Territoriality and Spatial Forms (with Mumtaz, B. and Clifford, K.), chapter in “The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements”, Earthscan, London.
• 2003 Civil Society in Action, (with Riley, E.), chapter in “The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements”, Earthscan, London.
• 2001 Implementing the Habitat Agenda: In Search of Urban Sustainability, (ed. with You, N), DPU/DFID/UNCHS, London
• 1997 National Housing Policies and Strategies: The New Paradigm and Local Government, Institutional Development and Management of the Housing Sector, chapters in “The Reconstruction of Palestine”, ed Zahlan, A., Kegan Paul, London, 1997.
• 1996 Where We Have Come From: A Historical Perspective of Major Trends in Living in Asian Cities, ed Overgaard, J., United Nations, N.Y.
Monographs:
• 1996 Capacity Building for Better Cities, (with Peltenburg,M., Davidson,F., Teerlink,H.), IHS/DPU (for UN Habitat II), Rotterdam.
Published articles:
• 2004 Communication for Sustainable Urban Partnerships, World Bank Website, www.worldbank.org/urban/symposium2003
• 2000 Status, Quality and the Other Trade-off: Towards a New Theory of Urban Residential Location, with Phe, H.H., in Urban Studies, Vol.37, No.1, Glasgow. (Winner of the Donald Robertson Memorial Prize 2000)
• 2000 The Inclusive City? in Developments, No.10, DFID, London.
• 1996 Building on the Success of Habitat II in Third World Planning Review, Vol.18, No.3, Liverpool.
• 1996 Creating and Responding to Change in Open House International, Vol.21, No.4, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Major unpublished reports:
• 2004 Integration of Social Service Provision for the Urban Poor in Cambodia, Asian Development Bank.
• 2003 Communication for Sustainable Urban Livelihoods, (with Riley, E.), DFID KaR Research Report, London
• 2003 Urban Management Programme Phase IV: Mid-term Evaluation and Forward Looking Assessment, UNDP/UN-Habitat, New York.
• 2001 Lunawa Lake environment improvement Project Community Development and Local Environmental Management, (with Lankatilleke,L., Jayaratne,K.A), UNCHS/JBIC, Sri Lanka.
• 2001 Analysis of Institutional Arrangements for the Phnom Penh Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy, UNDP/UN-Habitat.
• 2000 Training Needs for the Tanzania National Sustainable Cities Programme, (with Mattingly, M), Govt. of Tanzania/ British Council, Dar-es-Salaam.
• 1998 Urban Development Policy for European Commission Co-operation, (with Davidson, F), European Commission (DGVIII), Brussels.
• 1998 Report of the evaluation of the Implementation of the Enabling Strategy for Shelter Development Indonesia, UNDP/UNCHS Project INS/94/003.
• 1997 Urban Management Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UMPAP): India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Terminal Evaluation Report, UNDP, New York.
• 1997 Support to Municipal Development and Management in the Gaza Middle Area, Palestine, DANIDA Project Document, Copenhagen.

Languages: English, Spanish

E-mail address: p.wakely@ucl.ac.uk

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