Title & Author:

British planning : 50 years of urban and regional policy / edited by Barry Cullingworth.

Publication:

London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 1999.

Description:

xvii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction and Overview / Barry Cullingworth -- 2. Housing / Paul Balchin -- 3. Discretion in Planning Versus Zoning / Philip Booth -- 4. The Planning System and the Development Plan / H. W. E. Davies -- 5. Compensation and Betterment / Malcolm Grant -- 6. The Regional Dimension / Peter Hall -- 7. Countryside Planning: From Urban Containment to Sustainable Development / Ian Hodge -- 8. Preservation, Conservation and Heritage: Developing Concepts and Applications / Peter Larkham -- 9. British Planning in its European Context / Vincent Nadin -- 10. Design / John Punter -- 11. The Changing Role of the Courts in Planning / Michael Purdue -- 12. Vision and Reality: Urban Social Policy / Brian Robson -- 13. Public Participation in Planning / Yvonne Rydin -- 14. Transport Planning / Paul Truelove -- 15. New Towns / Urlan Wannop -- 16. Public-Private Partnerships / Stephen V. Ward -- 17. Environmental Planning / Christopher Wood -- 18. An American Perspective on UK Planning / David Callies -- Postscript: British Planning: Positive or Reluctant? / Barry Cullingworth.

Summary:

The post-war planning acts heralded a new planning era in which land use became subject to control. Major questions are now being asked concerning the adequacy of this system for a society which has witnessed social, economic and political change.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0485004046 (hardcover)
9780485004045 (hardcover)
0485006049 (paper)
9780485006049 (paper)

Subject:

City planning Great Britain.
Regional planning Great Britain.
Urbanisme Grande-Bretagne.
Aménagement du territoire Grande-Bretagne.
City planning.
Regional planning.
Regionalplanung
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanning.
Regionale planning.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Added entries:

Cullingworth, J. B.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204771
Call No.: HT169 .G7 B758 1999
Status: Available