Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods
Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain
Seiten
2008
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7125-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7125-1 (ISBN)
While Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods provides a unique and comprehensive exploration of housing and planning from 1900 through to the present, it is more than a history of ideas and debates. Drawn from an eclectically wide range of information sources, it puts forward a lively and readable account of the changing urban landscapes of modern Britain.
Given current projections of population and household numbers, housing has become arguably the most important issue in planning. Likewise, planning raises arguably the most important long term issues in housing, given the environmental consequences of urban development and the use of the home. Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods documents the evolution of typical urban landscapes from 1900 to the present with an emphasis on contemporary issues and practice. In doing this, the book examines in detail: -
Given current projections of population and household numbers, housing has become arguably the most important issue in planning. Likewise, planning raises arguably the most important long term issues in housing, given the environmental consequences of urban development and the use of the home. Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods documents the evolution of typical urban landscapes from 1900 to the present with an emphasis on contemporary issues and practice. In doing this, the book examines in detail: -
Barry Goodchild is a Professor of Housing and Urban Planning in the Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Contents: Preface; Part A Introduction: The aims and scope. Part B Planning, Markets and the Industrial City: Mass housing; Two types of planning; Searching for an alternative. Part C 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. Part D Conclusions: Looking back and looking forward. Part E Supplementary Information: A note on the terminology of social housing; References; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2008 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
ISBN-10 | 0-7546-7125-9 / 0754671259 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-7125-1 / 9780754671251 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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