London's green belt : containment in practice
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Bibliographic Information
London's green belt : containment in practice
（Routledge library editions, . The city . Urban planning）
Routledge, 2007, c1983
Available at 5 libraries
Note
Reprint. Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1983
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170) and index
ISBN for The city: 9780415413183, 0415413184; ISBN for Urban planning: 9780415419352, 0415419352
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Developed form a major research report for the Department of the Environment, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the problems experienced when the the green belt restraint was implemented around London. Attitudes to land-use planning changed rapidly: planning powers devolved from counties to districts: and regional planning was largely dismantled. This book fills a major gap in the literature by critically examinig the Metropolitan Green Belt.
This book was first published in 1983.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. London's Green Belt: an historical perspective
2. Local planning and the Metropolitan Green Belt
3. The growth of non-conforming land uses in the MGB
4. The changing extent and form of approved uses
5. Planning powers and the implementation of the green belt restraint
6. The maintenance of agricultural land in the Green Belt
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