David Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of the RICS Foundation, issupportive of the authors' conclusions:

"We welcome the government's proposed increase in thequantities of affordable housing, but would echo the findings ofGreenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development in urgingministers to look closely at how solutions to housing shortages canbecome catalysts for increased local prosperity and improvedquality of life„.
“Overall Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Developmentmakes an excellent and timely contribution to debate in this field. The political - economic barriers to more compact forms ofdevelopment are identified and the authors conclude that the statewill need to play a more active role in the development process ifa more sustainable form of housing development is to be achieved."Town Planning Review July 2003
'This book provides the reader with a very soundunderstanding of the way in which house builders, planners and allthose with an interest in development are accommodating policychange since the mid 1990s. It draws on a wealth of researchexperience and provides a very useful mix of material. animportant milestone' Journal of Housing and the BuiltEnvironment.
'I learned a lot from this book and it is important to anyoneworking or doing research in the field of contemporary housingdevelopment' European Planning Studies Vol 11, No 8