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

• Autore: Ward Stephen V (Stephen Victor)
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 312 p.) : ill., maps, ports
• Disciplina: 307.12160941
• Soggetto topico: City planning - Great Britain; City planning - Great Britain - History; Urban policy - Great Britain
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Planning and urban change
• ISBN: 0-7619-4317-X; 1-4129-3380-3; 1-280-36877-2; 9786610368778
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785983603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II