Delivering sustainable communities
Series: Town & Country Planning ; 74(1) January 2005, 14-24(11)Publication details: 2005Subject(s): Summary: Special section comprising ninearticles on aspects of delivering sustainable communities. Articles cover developing sustainable communities on brownfield and greenfield sites, the unanswerable case for large-scale building of new homes, the essential role of leadership and joined-up agendas in securing adequate finance for the infrastructure needed in growth areas and the crucial need for a national spatial strategy to tackle growing regional economic disparities. Further articles examine the fragmented nature of a development planning scene without a national strategy, the value of new urbanism, the danger of inadequate process management in the delivery of sustainable communities, the promotion of wildlife habitats in urban regeneration and whether the sustainable communities agenda will fully address the housing crisis for the disabled.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS68721 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 128887-1001 |
Special section comprising ninearticles on aspects of delivering sustainable communities. Articles cover developing sustainable communities on brownfield and greenfield sites, the unanswerable case for large-scale building of new homes, the essential role of leadership and joined-up agendas in securing adequate finance for the infrastructure needed in growth areas and the crucial need for a national spatial strategy to tackle growing regional economic disparities. Further articles examine the fragmented nature of a development planning scene without a national strategy, the value of new urbanism, the danger of inadequate process management in the delivery of sustainable communities, the promotion of wildlife habitats in urban regeneration and whether the sustainable communities agenda will fully address the housing crisis for the disabled.