| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; I Introduction: planning today -- what's the problem?; II The industrial city and the rise of town and country planning; III Theoretical perspectives; IV From town planning to 'planning': 1947 to the present; V 'Turning points': planning and politics; VI Planning and culture: international comparisons and conclusions; Bibliography; Chronological list of Acts of Parliament and official reports; Index |
| Summary |
Britain's planning system began as 'town and country planning' to repair the ravages of unplanned industrialism and promote ideal environments for the future. Steering a course between left and right, public control and for-profit development, it survived successive booms and busts, broadening to include new concerns like ecology, conservation and community participation. By the 1986, when this book was first published, the system's survival beyond the year 2000 was in doubt. It did endure, but it is now under serious threat from the right, which sees it as obstructing enterprise and the restor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- History
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POLTICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City planning
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134465170 |
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1134465173 |
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9780203795309 |
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020379530X |
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1299867626 |
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9781299867628 |
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9781134465248 |
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1134465246 |
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