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Homes, cities and neighbourhoods planning and the residential landscapes of modern Britain

By: Language: English Publication details: Aldershot Ashgate Publishing Limited 2008Description: 343p. ill. 24cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.1 $2 18
Partial contents:
Introduction: the aims and scope -- Planning, markets and the industrial city: mass housing; two types of planning; searching for an alternative -- New forms of modernity, 1980 onwards: (re)tracing the context; quantity and quality in housing development; urban design and the environment; neighbourhoods of choice and constraint -- Conclusions: looking back and looking forward -- Supplementary information: note on the terminology of social housing
Summary: Documenting the evolution of British urban landscapes from 1900 to the present day, this book explores the role of planning in relation to social change, quantity and quality in housing production and the management of neighbourhoods. Of interest to students and planning practitioners.
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Introduction: the aims and scope -- Planning, markets and the industrial city: mass housing; two types of planning; searching for an alternative -- New forms of modernity, 1980 onwards: (re)tracing the context; quantity and quality in housing development; urban design and the environment; neighbourhoods of choice and constraint -- Conclusions: looking back and looking forward -- Supplementary information: note on the terminology of social housing

Documenting the evolution of British urban landscapes from 1900 to the present day, this book explores the role of planning in relation to social change, quantity and quality in housing production and the management of neighbourhoods. Of interest to students and planning practitioners.