Professor Craig Watkins
BSc, PhD
School of Geography and Planning
Professor of Town and Regional Planning
c.a.watkins@sheffield.ac.uk
Geography and Planning Building
Full contact details
Professor Craig Watkins
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
- Profile
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I graduated with a BSc (Economics) from the University of Strathclyde in 1989 and, after a (very) brief period in industry, worked as a researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde, the Department of Land Economics at the University of Paisley and the School of Planning and Housing at Heriot-Watt University. For much of this period, I also worked part-time on a PhD (Land Economics) at the University of Paisley.
In 1995, I was appointed to a lectureship in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Aberdeen and in 1999 was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
I joined the Department of Urban Studies and Planning in February 2004 and was promoted to Reader in September 2004. I was Head of Department from 2011 - 2013.
- Research interests
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My current and recent research focuses on the structure and operation of property markets, particularly local housing systems, and the impact of public policy on real estate market performance. This research addresses theoretical and empirical issues and is generally, although not exclusively, located within a quantitative economic framework. There are four main sub-themes to this work:
- Analysing the submarket structure and operation of local property markets.
- Measuring and modelling property market performance.
- Exploring the interaction between planning, public policy and property market behaviour.
- Methodological advances in property research.
Current and recent projects
- Land: Value to Capture? (RICS)
- UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (Economic & Social Research Council, Arts & Humanities Research Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
- Construction, economic development and planning policies (British Academy)
- The value of planing (RTPI)
- Way of neighbourhood working and knowing (Economic & Social Research Council)
- New behavioural business practices: agent interactions in the housing market (RICS)
- Rotherham Strategic Housing Market Assessment (Rotherham MBC)
- Sheffield Strategic Housing Market Assessment (Sheffield City Council)
- The value of planning (Royal Town Planning Institute)
- Attitudes and behaviour towards the New Homes Bonus (Department for Communities and Local Government)
- Publications
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Books
- Housing Markets & Planning Policy. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
- Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development. Oxford: Blackwell.
- The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics. Routledge.
Edited books
- Planning, Public Policy & Property Markets. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Journal articles
- Effectiveness of the new planning system in transforming housing markets in Turkey. Town Planning Review, 94(4), 363-384.
- The use of public land for house building in England: Understanding the challenges and policy implications. Land Use Policy, 105, 105434.
- The SIPHER consortium : introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research. Wellcome Open Research, 4. View this article in WRRO
- Drivers of spatial change in urban housing submarkets. Geographical Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Technological change and estate agents’ practices in the changing nature of housing transactions. Housing Studies, 34(5), 849-867.
- Making the economic case for planning. Town Planning Review, 89(5), 437-442.
- Explaining spatial variation in housing construction activity in Turkey. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 22(2), 119-130. View this article in WRRO
- Assessing the spatial impact of policy interventions on real-estate values: an exemplar of the use of the hybrid hedonic/repeat-sales method. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 4(1), 202-217. View this article in WRRO
- Modelling the impact of earthquake activity on real estate values: a multi-level approach. Journal of European Real Estate Research, 10(1), 73-90. View this article in WRRO
- Defining spatial housing submarkets: Exploring the case for expert delineated boundaries. Urban Studies, 54(6), 1446-1462. View this article in WRRO
- Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 34(1), 45-59.
- The Predictive Performance of Multilevel Models of Housing Sub-markets: A Comparative Analysis. Urban Studies, 50(6), 1201-1220.
- Introduction planning and housing: Concepts, policy instruments and market analysis. Town Planning Review, 84(1), 1-7.
- Housebuilder Networks and Residential Land Markets. Urban Studies, 49(4), 705-720.
- Measuring local affordability: Variations between housing market areas. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 4(4), 341-356.
- The behavioural turn in housing economics: reflections on the theoretical and operational challenges. Housing Theory and Society, 28(3), 280-286.
- Planning policy and retail property investment in the UK. Urban Studies, 48(11), 2321-2338.
- Planning and the housing market: reflections on strategic housing market assessment in England. Town Planning Review, 82(4), 393-424. View this article in WRRO
- Conceptualising spatial planning outcomes: Towards an integrative measurement framework. Town Planning Review, 80(4-5), 481-516.
- Microeconomic perspectives on the structure and operation of local housing markets. Housing Studies, 23(2), 163-177.
- NY-LON: Does a single cross-continental office market exist?. Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 14(2), 79-92.
- Supply-side policies and retail property market performance. Environment and Planning A, 39(5), 1134-1146.
- Levy raises complexity fear. Planning, 19(1), 16-16.
- Economics and underdetermination: A case study of urban land and housing economics. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30(6), 901-922.
- The impact of environmental contamination on condo prices: A hybrid repeat-sale/hedonic approach. Real Estate Economics, 34(1), 77-107.
- North fear southern siphon: a centralised planning gain levy could see funds redircted towards growth areas. Planning(July), 20-20.
- Housing market processes, urban housing submarkets and planning policy. Town Planning Review, 76(2), 215-233.
- Investment performance within urban regeneration locations. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 23(1), 7-21.
- Planning policy and retail property markets: Measuring the dimensions of planning intervention. Urban Studies, 42(8), 1453-1469.
- The decision‐making behaviour of office occupiers. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 22(4), 307-319.
- Intra-urban migration and housing submarkets: Theory and evidence. Housing Studies, 19(2), 269-283.
- The emerging global real estate appraisal research agenda: Evidence from the ARES, ERES, PPRES and RICS conferences. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 12(2), 135-155.
- The Emerging Global Real Estate Appraisal Research Agenda: Evidence from the ARES, ERES, PPRES and RICS Conferences. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 12(2), 133-156.
- Office space requirements: comparing occupiers’ preferences with agents’ perceptions. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 21(1), 45-60.
- Urban regeneration and property investment performance. Journal of Property Research, 20(4), 371-386.
- Structural Change in a Local Urban Housing Market. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 35(7), 1315-1326.
- The contribution of the RICS cutting edge conference to commercial real estate research. Journal of Property Research, 20(1), 91-115.
- Directions in corporate real estate research. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 21(1).
- Towards a system of local house price indices. Housing Studies, 17(6), 857-873.
- Valuation of Property Assets: An International Research Agenda. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 8(2), 84-93.
- Testing for the Existence of Office Sub-markets: A Comparison of Evidence from Two Cities. Urban Studies, 39(3), 483-506.
- Estimating local repeat sales house price indices for British cities. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 20(1), 36-58.
- The Definition and Identification of Housing Submarkets. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 33(12), 2235-2253.
- Classifying office submarkets. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 19(3), 236-250.
- Understanding Property Market Dynamics: Insights from Modelling the Supply-Side Adjustment Mechanism. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 32(4), 655-671.
- Longitudinal Monitoring of Housing Renewal in the Urban Core: Reflections on the Experience of Glasgow's Merchant City. Urban Studies, 36(11), 1973-1996.
- Property valuation and the structure of urban housing markets. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 17(2), 157-175.
- Are new entrants to the residential property market informationally disadvantaged?. Journal of Property Research, 15(1), 57-70.
- The resale of former public sector homes in rural Scotland. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 114(3), 157-163.
- The Position and Role of Former Public Sector Homes in the Owner-occupied Sector: New Evidence from the Scottish Housing Market. Urban Studies, 35(8), 1291-1309.
- Examining Spatial Patterns in the Pace of Housing Commodification. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 89(4), 416-430.
- A hedonic investigation of the rental value of apartments in central Bordeaux. Journal of Property Research, 14(1), 15-26.
- Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Markets. Urban Studies, 33(7), 1129-1140.
Chapters
- Introduction, The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics (pp. 1-12). Routledge
- The Economics of Land Use Planning and Zoning, The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics (pp. 242-252). Routledge
- Introduction, The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics (pp. 1-12). Taylor & Francis
- Advances in Automated Valuation Modeling Springer International Publishing
- Using Multi Level Modeling Techniques as an AVM Tool: Isolating the Effects of Earthquake Risk from Other Price Determinants, Advances in Automated Valuation Modeling (pp. 209-223). Springer International Publishing
- Structural change in urban housing markets In Gibb K & Marsh A (Ed.), Housing Economics Sage
- Economics and under-determination: a case study of urban land and housing In Gibb K & Marsh A (Ed.), Housing Economics Sage
- Submarkets, International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 39-44).
- Evolutionary Economics, International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 135-138).
- Microeconomic perspectives on the structure and operation of local housing markets In Smith S & Munro M (Ed.), Microstructures of Housing Markets (pp. 5-19). London: Routledge.
- Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets: Current Relations and Future Challenges In Adams D, Watkins C & White M (Ed.), Planning, Public Policy & Property Markets (pp. 237-251). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Examining Public Policy and Property Markets In Adams D, Watkins C & White M (Ed.), Planning, Public Policy & Property Markets (pp. 1-13). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Urban Regeneration, Property Indices and Market Performance In Adams D, Watkins C & White M (Ed.), Planning, Public Policy & Property Markets (pp. 149-166). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Urban Regeneration, Property Indices and Market Performance, PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY AND PROPERTY MARKETS (pp. 148-166).
- Planning, Public Policy and Property Markets: Current Relations and Future Challenges, PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY AND PROPERTY MARKETS (pp. 239-251).
- Planning, Public Policy & Property Markets Preface, PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY AND PROPERTY MARKETS (pp. XI-+).
- Examining Public Policy and Property Markets, PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY AND PROPERTY MARKETS (pp. 3-13).
- Planning for the housing system In Allmendinger P & Chapman M (Ed.), Planning Beyond 2000 Chichester: Wiley.
- Is There Space forBetterPlanning in a Neoliberal World?, Readings in Planning Theory (pp. 187-213). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Spatial Variation in the Incidence and Value of Planning Obligations, Planning Gain (pp. 175-200). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry Routledge View this article in WRRO
- Greenfield Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 175-210). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Sustainability of New Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 54-93). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Economics of Planning and Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 244-264). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Brownfield Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 211-243). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Politics of Planning and Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 150-171). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Speculative Housebuilding Industry, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 121-149). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Residential Planning Process, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 94-118). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Conclusions and Policy Implications, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 265-282). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Introduction, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 3-18). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- The Changing Policy Context of Housing Development, Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (pp. 19-53). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- The Planning System and Housing Sector in Turkey. 24th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference
- Investigating the Impact of Planning on Housing Construction Sector Development in Turkey. 25th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference
- Explaining Spatial Variation in Real Estate Development Activity in Turkey. 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference
- Macroeconomic Change, Housing Affordability and Public Policies: The Case of Turkey
Reports
- A View from the North: Understanding Local Authority Housing and Planning Capacity in an Era of Austerity
- The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England in 2018-19,
- The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England in 2016-17,
- First memorandum of evidence to House of Commons Select committe on Housing, Communities & Local Government on Land Value Capture
- Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes View this article in WRRO
- The Value of Planning
- The impact of the New Homes Bonus on attitudes and behaviour View this article in WRRO
- The incidence value and delivery of planning obligations in England, 2007-08
- Outcome Indicators for Spatial Planning in England
- Valuing Planning Obligations in England: Update Study for 2005-06
- The use and value of planning obligations in Wales
- Valuing planning obligations in England
Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
- Evolutionary economics. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home Elsevier.
- Submarkets. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home Elsevier.
- Housing Markets & Planning Policy. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
- Teaching activities
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I teach on the following modules:
PhD supervision
I am Primary Supervisor for the following PhD students:
- Rami Shamseen, Decentralisation and the growth of core cities
- Chan-Woo Kim, Commercial real estate rental markets in Europe