Introduction: Professor Sir Peter Hall, Pioneer in Regional Planning, Transport and Urban Geography

Abstract

Sir Peter Hall was appointed as Professor of Geography at the University of Reading in 1968 at the early age of 36, Peter developed a unique international dimension to his understanding of cities. He soon recognised the dynamism of Asian cities through association with the University of Hong Kong in the mid 1970s and of American cities as Visiting Professor in Planning at University of California, Berkeley in 1974. For nine years from 1980 he became a transatlantic commuter simultaneously holding professorships in the UK in Geography at Reading University, and in the USA in Urban Planning and Regional Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, continuing the latter role until 1992, before becoming Professor of Planning at University College London in 1992.