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100 1 _aCowans, Julie
245 0 0 _aCities and regions of sustainable communities - new strategies
260 _aLondon
_bTCPA
_c2006
490 0 _aTown and Country Planning Tomorrow Series
_vPaper 4 July 2006
520 _aSummarises key themes emerging from innovative attempts to modernise strategic urban, housing and planning policies and practices. The paper is based on an anaylsis of the literature, dialogue with expert practitioners and academics and site visits to over 50 growth and regeneration schemes across North America, northern Europe and Australasia. Covers value as a new rationale for intervention, understanding subsidiarity, the use of data in decision-making, and the issue of social and economically mixed and balanced communities. Asserts that private and social housing is not mutually exclusive and underlines the importance of neighbourhood schools and also the public realm. Comments on risk, leadership, accountability and skills as wells as immigration, growth and local economies. References.
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651 4 _aNORTH AMERICA
651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
651 4 _aNORTHERN EUROPE
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.tcpa.org.uk/news.asp
_zView the Paper free of charge at www.tcpa.org.uk...
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