The British planning system : an introduction

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The British planning system : an introduction

Yvonne Rydin

(Government beyond the centre)

Macmillan, 1993

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 376-390

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The British Planning System provides an innovative introduction to urban and environmental planning combining comprehensive coverage of institutions and procedures with detailed analysis of the economic and political context of planning, its historical development and of competing theoretical approaches. Extensive use is made throughout of case studies, summary charts and exhibits to bring the subject to life. The book concludes with an assessment of the achievements and failures of British planning and the case for planning activity today.

Table of Contents

Introduction - PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORY - Establishing the Planning System - Experience and Change in the Postwar Period - The Decade of Thatcherism and After - PART II PLANNING TODAY - Land Use Planning and Conservation - Countryside Policy - Environmental Planning - Urban Policy and Transport - PART III THE POLITICS OF PLANNING - The State - The Planners - The Public - PART IV PLANNING AND THE MARKET - Alternative Approaches - Land for Housing - Minerals Exploitation - Pollution: Emission and Control - The Inner City Problem - PART V ASSESSING PLANNING - The Impacts of British Planning - Conclusion: Why Plan?

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Details

  • NCID
    BA21159214
  • ISBN
    • 0333527402
    • 0333527410
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 404 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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