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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458984203321

Autore

Bowie Duncan

Titolo

Politics, planning and homes in a world city / / Duncan Bowie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99851-9

1-136-99852-7

1-282-56993-7

9786612569937

0-203-85557-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Housing, Planning and Design Series

Disciplina

307.1216

307.121609421

Soggetti

City planning - England - London

Cities and towns - Growth

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 London and the planning of a world city; Chapter 2 Strategic planning in London before the Mayor; Chapter 3 The new spatial planning framework for London; Chapter 4 The development of the London Plan; Chapter 5 From policy to implementation; Chapter 6 The impact of spatial planning on housing outputs; Chapter 7 Revising the spatial plan; Chapter 8 Challenges to the London planning regime; Chapter 9 Planning for growth in a globalized transient world; Chapter 10 Planning and the market

Chapter 11 The management of land and spaceChapter 12 Planning for diversity: Combating social polarization; Chapter 13 Planning and new approaches to metropolitan governance; Chapter 14 London's experience of spatial planning; Appendix: Additional tables; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an insightful study of spatial planning and housing strategy in London, focusing on the period 2000-2008 and the Mayoralty of Ken



Livingstone. Duncan Bowie presents a detailed analysis of the development of Livingstone's policies and their consequences.Examining the theory and practice of spatial planning at a metropolitan level, Bowie examines the relationships between:planning, the residential development market and affordable housingenvironmental, economic and equity objectivesnational, regional and local planning agencies and their policies.<