Slums and redevelopment : policy and practice in England, 1918-45, with particular reference to London / J.A. Yelling.

Main entry:

Yelling, J. A. (James Alfred), 1940-

Title & Author:

Slums and redevelopment : policy and practice in England, 1918-45, with particular reference to London / J.A. Yelling.

Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.

Description:

x, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction. Documentary sources -- 2. The inheritance: problems and remedies. Clearance and unfit housing. Overcrowding and housing supply -- 3. Reconstruction: the pattern of the future. Slums and homes for heroes. Re-establishing housing programmes. Town planning and redevelopment -- 4. Decentralization, reconditioning and slum clearance 1923-33. The vicissitudes of slum clearance. Chamberlain and reconditioning. Decentralisation and the Greenwood Act -- 5. Money matters: property values, compensation and housing costs. Prices, compensation and housing costs. Politics and finance -- 6. Rebuilding and rehousing 1918-1933. Setting the standard. Adjusting to rents. Tall flats -- 7. A new deal 1933-5. The 1933 Act and the slum campaign. The Moyne Report and reconditioning. The 1935 Act: overcrowding and redevelopment -- 8. Action against the slum: programmes and distributions. Unfit housing and slum clearance. Clearance in London. Overcrowding and multi-occupation -- 9. Landlords and property (with Mona Paton). Property and the slum campaign. Landlords in the East End -- 10. Tenants and estates. Tenants and rehousing. Building standards and costs -- 11. Redevelopment and town planning. Redevelopment areas. Obsolescence and redevelopment. Estates and communities -- 12. War-time plans. The County of London plan. Housing and planning.
Dust jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0312090781
9780312090784

Subject:

Slums England History 20th century.
Housing policy England History 20th century.
Urban renewal England History 20th century.
Logement Politique gouvernementale Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Housing policy.
Slums.
Urban renewal.
Stadtsanierung
Slum
Wohnungspolitik
Geschichte (1918-1933)
England.
Großbritannien
London
Housing England History 20th century
Urban England History 20th century

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196230
Call No.: ID HV4086.A3 Y45 1992; ID:97-B2550
Status: Available

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