Planning in the USA : aesthetic control

Delafons, J.

Planning in the USA : aesthetic control - 1991 - Planner 77(16) 10 May 1991 7-8(2) .

Despite the profusion of policy advice from the Department of the Environment, statistics on planning permission decisions, and published public debate, the subject of the aesthetic quality of building design , architecture, and town planning appears ill-defined in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 . John Delafons seeks a model for aesthetic control in the practice prevalent in America. Portland, Oregon is taken as an example of a well managed city, planned under the mandatory design guidelines . Report available for loan.