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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785983603321

Autore

Ward Stephen V (Stephen Victor)

Titolo

Planning and urban change [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen V. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

0-7619-4317-X

1-4129-3380-3

1-280-36877-2

9786610368778

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 312 p.) : ill., maps, ports

Disciplina

307.12160941

Soggetti

City planning - Great Britain

City planning - Great Britain - History

Urban policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (p. [288]-[307]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Picture Credits; 1. Planning and Urban Change; The central themes of the book; The structure of the book; 2. Ideas and the Beginnings of Policy, 1890-1914; The nineteenth-century city; The origins of town planning ideas; The beginnings of statutory town planning; Overview; 3. Widening Conceptions and Policy Shifts, 1914-39; Town extension planning and mass suburbanization; New models for managing urban growth; Origins of planned redevelopment; Origins of balanced regional development; Towards a comprehensive approach

4. A New Orthodoxy of Planning, 1939-52 War and the emergence of a mass consensus for planning; Formulating the post-war planning agenda, 1940-42; Partial implementation of the planning agenda, 1943-45; Creating the new orthodoxy, 1945-47; Completing the new orthodoxy and the first retreats, 1947-52; Overview; 5. Adjustments and New Agendas: I. The Changing Planning System, 1952-74; Politics, the 'affluent society' and planning; The changing physical planning system; Overview; 6. Adjustments and New Agendas: II. Strategic Policies, 1952-74; Planning and redevelopment; Planned containment

Regional balance Planned decentralization; Overview; 7. Remaking



Planning: I. The Changing System, 1974-90; The making of a new political economy; The changing physical planning system; Overview; 8. Remaking Planning: II. Specific Policies, 1974-90; Regenerating the urban cores; Accepting regional imbalance?; Decentralization after the New Towns; Planned containment; Overview; 9. A New Consensus? Planning since 1990; The post-Thatcher era; Changing the planning system; Specific planning policies; Overview; 10. Planning Impacts since 1945 and the Future; Spatial impacts of planning

Economic and social impacts The future; Bibliography; Websites; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An accessible yet detailed account of British urban planning. This second edition features an entirely new chapter on the key policy changes that have occurred under the Major and Blair governments, together with a critical review of current policy trends.