Delivering on the urban agenda

Kochan, B

Delivering on the urban agenda - 2000 - Urban Environment Today (109) 16 November 2000, 8-9(2) .

Discusses the principle measures in the Urban White Paper, which has surpassed the Urban Task Force's remit by addressing social and economic issues as well as physical urban renewal. Outlines the paper's key initiatives to tackle urban decline which include a review of PPG1, an increased role for RDAs and local authorities, an expansion of the Millennium Villages project, the establishment of 12 new Regeneration Companies, and DETR commitment to maintaining a strategic role. Article also details the tax measures in Brown's pre-budget statement to encourage urban renewal. This abstract appeared in CSM January 2001 as ABS63238.


URBAN DESIGN
PLANNING POLICY
DETR
PPG1
URBAN TASK FORCE
URBAN REGENERATION
URBAN RENEWAL
TAX RELIEF
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
URBAN WHITE PAPER