xvi, 271 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Contents
Pt. 1. The Origins. Ch. 1. The flight from the city. Ch. 2. Lost Utopias. Ch. 3. The taming of the city. Ch. 4. The shaping of the English home -- Pt. 2. The Influences. Ch. 5. Conservation: Environmental pressures on future settlements. Ch. 6. Choice: Changing household characteristics and the 21st century home. Ch. 7. Community: Social sustainability in the suburb and city. Ch. 8. Cost: The economies of urban development -- Pt. 3. The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood. Ch. 9. Urban repopulation. Ch. 10. The eco-neighbourhood. Ch. 11. Urban building blocks. Ch. 12. The sociable neighbourhood. Ch. 13. A model neighbourhood? Ch. 14. The process of urban generation and regeneration
Summary
This book reviews the way that planning policies, architectural trends and economic forces have undermined the viability of urban areas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. The chapter on the sociable neighbourhood includes a discussion about the challenge of creating social sustainability
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-264)
