Planning and urban change /
This chronologically organized text addresses planning and urban change in Britain, beginning with the 19th century city and the origins of town planning ideas, and continuing on through to the post-Thatcher era. Ward (planning history, Oxford Brookes U.) examines early and later conceptual innovati...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents View this book online, via DawsonERA, both on- and off-campus Publisher description This title is also available in print. Click here. |
| Summary: | This chronologically organized text addresses planning and urban change in Britain, beginning with the 19th century city and the origins of town planning ideas, and continuing on through to the post-Thatcher era. Ward (planning history, Oxford Brookes U.) examines early and later conceptual innovations in planning, the role of town planning parties and party politics, the relationship of ideas and policies, the issue of assessing impacts, planning and 20th century urban change, planning and the market, town planning and state intervention, and finally planning and social change. The book concludes with a chapter on planning impacts since 1945, and the future. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 076194317X 9780761943174 0761943188 9780761943181 |