Urban and environmental planning in the UK

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Urban and environmental planning in the UK

Yvonne Rydin

(Planning, environment, cities)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

2nd ed.

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Previous ed. (i.e. Rev. ed. of the 1993 1st ed.): Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-369) and index

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Description

The second edition of this innovative introduction to urban and environmental planning combines comprehensive coverage of institutions and procedures with detailed analysis of the economic and political context of planning, its historical development and competing theoretical approaches. Extensively revised and updated to take account of changes in the context and content of planning into New Labour's second term, extensive use is made throughout of case studies, summary charts and exhibits to bring the subject to life.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- PART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORY.- Establishing the Planning System.- Postwar Planning: Consensus and Crisis.- The Impact of Thatcherism.- Towards the Third Way in Planning.- PART 2: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF PLANNING.- Planning and the State.- Agencies, Quangos and the European Union.- Lobbies and Interests.- Planners as Professionals.- Planning and the Market.- PART 3: PLANNING TODAY.- Land Use Planning.- Environmental Regulation.- Countryside Policy.- Regeneration and Conservation.- PART 4: ASSESSING PLANNING.- The Impact of Planning: Assessing the Process.- Conclusion: Planning for the Future.

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