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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783843703321

Titolo

Social town planning / / edited by Clara H. Greed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-69240-4

1-280-33301-4

0-203-01996-2

0-203-15919-5

1-134-69241-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreedClara <1948->

Disciplina

307.1/216/0941

Soggetti

City planning - Social aspects - Great Britain

City planning - Social aspects - Europe

Minorities - Services for - Great Britain

Minorities - Services for - Europe

Barrier-free design - Great Britain

Barrier-free design - Europe

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 (p. [255]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introducing social town planning; Social town planning and the planning profession; Town planning: 'social', not just 'physical'?; Gender and rural policy; Planning to grow old; Planning for disability: barrier-free living; Transport for people: accessibility, mobility and equity in transport planning; Gender, race and culture in the urban built environment; European Union: social cohesion and social town planning; Urban planning in Europe for health and sustainability

Planning for health, sustainability and equity in ScotlandCultural planning and time planning; Planning for tourism in towns and cities; Culture, community and communication in the planning process; Changing cultures; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Many issues such as access for the disabled, childcare facilities,



environmental matters, and ethnic minority issues are excluded from town planning considerations by planning authorities. This book introduces the concept of `social town planning' to integrate planning policy and practices with the cultural and social issues of the people they are planning for. Part 1 provides background on the development of a social dimension to the predominantly physical, land use based, British town planning system. Part 2 investigates a representative selection of minority planning topics, in respect of g