From New Towns to Green Politics : Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1946-1990

ISBN-13: 9780419155805 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 238 str.

Dennis Hardy

Opis

A sequel to From Garden Cities to New Towns, this volume describes the history of the Town and Country Planning Association from the 1946 New Towns Act to the present. The book has three objectives: to offer a record of a sustained campaign by an organization that has its origins in the garden city movement, but which has long since held a wider brief for town and country planning; to demonstrate the workings of a pressure group - an insight of added value at a time when such groups have achieved an important place in environmental politics; and to place the campaign in a broader context of postwar planning, using the records of a non-official, non-professional body to cast fresh light on events.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction: The lure of consensus. The idea of consensus. Consensus planning. From garden cities to new towns. Howard's way Influencing events. Post - 1946: A watching brief. The fragile consensus. Dispersal on the right terms. 'The sheep and the lion'. 1950s: Holding the ground. From austerity to affluence. A single design. Widening the net. The second planning revolution. 'Into the White Heat'. Rediscovery of the region. Shaping policy. 1970s: The end of the beginning. The age of dissent. Beyond new towns. Patterns of choice. 1980s: Responding to change. The politics of property. A matter of scale. 'Keeping the Torch Alight'. Campaign profiles. Environmental education. Planning aid. Public inquiries. New communities. Towards a new consensus? 'Some Running Effect'. A question of pressure. Unfinished business. Chronology of important events. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Hardy, Dennis