He presents the Plandemonium series of online cartoon videos. He has been a member of the judging panel for the Civic Voice Design Awards since 2015. Publications Cowan, R. and Delaney, A. (1993) London After Dark, Phaidon Press, London. Cowan, R. (1995) Planning Aid in Practice, Royal Town Planning Institute. Cowan, R. (1995) The Cities Design Forgot, Urban Initiatives, London. Cowan, R., Henderson, G., and Strelitz, Z. (1996) Making Cities Better: visions and implementation, Vision for Cities, London. Cowan, R. (1996) A Matter of Life and Death: mixed-use development, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham. Cowan, R. (1997) The Connected City, Urban Initiatives, London, 1997. Cowan, R. (1999) The Role of Planning in Local Government, Royal Town Planning Institute, London. Cowan, R. (2000, and second edition 2001) Placechecks: a users’ guide, Urban Design Alliance, London. Campbell, K. and Cowan, R. (2000) By Design: urban design in the planning system, Thomas Telford, London. Cowan, R. (2001) Designing Places (Policy Statement), Scottish Government, Edinburgh. Campbell, K. and Cowan, R. (2002) Re:urbanism, Urban Exchange, London. Cowan, R. (2002) Urban Design Guidance: urban design frameworks, development briefs and master plans, Thomas Telford, London. Cowan, R. (2003) Housing Quality (Planning Advice Note 67), Scottish Government, Edinburgh. Cowan, R. with Urban Initiatives (2004) A Councillor’s Guide to Urban Design, CABE, London. Cowan, R. (2005) The Dictionary of Urbanism, Streetwise Press, Tisbury. Cowan, R. (2008) Capacitycheck, Urban Design Alliance, London. Cowan, R. (2008) Masterplanning (Planning Advice Note 93), Scottish Government, Edinburgh. Cowan, R. (2008) Design and Access Statements Explained, Thomas Telford, London. Cowan, R. (2010) Plandemonium: the best of Cowan’s cartoons on planning and urban design, Streetwise Press, Tilbury. Cowan, R., Chapman, D. and Adams, S. (2010) Qualityreviewer, Thomas Telford Publications, London. Campbell, K. and Cowan, R. (editor) (2016) The Radical Incrementalist, Massive Small, London. Cowan, R. (editor) (2017) The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking, Urban Design London with RIBA Publishing, London. Cowan, R. (2021) Essential Urban Design, RIBA Publishing, London. References External links Personal website British cartoonists British writers Urban theorists 1950 births Living people