Peter Hall (urbanist)

Sir Peter Hall FBA
Hall at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chairman of the Fabian Society
In office 1971–1972
Preceded by	Jeremy Bray
Succeeded by	Anthony Lester
Personal details
Born	Peter Geoffrey Hall (1932-03-19)19 March 1932 Hampstead, London, England
Died	30 July 2014(2014-07-30) (aged 82) London, England
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation	urban geographer, town planner
Known for	World Cities ranking, urban planning history, city regions, enterprise zones

Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall FBA (19 March 1932 – 30 July 2014) was an English town planner, urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London^[1] and president of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association.^[2] Hall was one of the most prolific and influential urbanists of the twentieth century.^[3]

He was known internationally for his studies and writings on the economic, demographic, cultural and management issues that face cities around the globe. Hall was for many years a planning and regeneration adviser to successive UK governments. He was Special Adviser on Strategic Planning to the British government (1991–94) and a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force (1998–1999).^[1] Hall is considered by many to be the father of the industrial enterprise zone concept, adopted by countries worldwide to develop industry in disadvantaged areas.