Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960

ISBN-13: 9783319076461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 215 str.

Emmanuel Marmaras

Opis

This book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London, and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. Originating from a PhD Thesis, the book recreates the atmosphere following step by step arguments and events at various political, socio-economic and technical levels. It also contributes to the understanding of succeeding developments in terms of planning theory and practice. The book is structured into three parts. The first one explores the administrative and statutory developments in town planning matters during the period 1940-59. The second part deals with the plans proposed for London as a whole from independent and official organisations mainly during the 1940s. Finally, the third part examines the proposed projects for the rebuilding of the City of London and for special areas of Central London that suffered from bombing on both sides of the Thames.

Spis treści

Contents.- Tables.- Figures.- Abbreviations.- Prologue.- Preface.- Introduction.- Part I The Reconstruction Question.- The British Town Planning on the eve of the Second World War.- The war damages and the problems of central areas - The war damages - The central area problems.- Innovations in planning theory and technique - The main town planning ideas - The new town planning techniques - The control of urban land uses - The control of building bulk - The control of building day-lighting.- Part II The Preparation of Planning Machinery.- The urban reconstruction machinery issue - The central planning authority: The case and the debate - The distribution of the industrial population: The case and the debate - The control of urban land: The case and the debate.- Administrative and statutory developments during the War - The first attempts to organise the reconstruction machinery - The formation of the non-physical reconstruction machinery - Developments in the physical reconstruction machinery.- Town planning legislation under the Coalition Government - The Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Act, 1943 - The Town and Country Planning Act, 1944.- The 1947 Planning Act and the reaction to it - The Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 - The revision of the planning system in the 1950s by the Conservatives.- Part III Replanning London.- The Central Government policy for re-planning London.- The Independent Plans for London - The Modern Architects’ Research Society (MARS) plan - The Royal Academy (RA) plan - The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) plan.- The official Plans for London - The London County Council’s (LCC) plan - The Greater London (GL) plan - The County of London Development (CLD) plan.- Consequences and implementations in the planning of London by the proposed plans.- Part IV Redeveloping Central London.- The first ideas for re-planning the City of London - N.J. Aslan’s proposals for the City - F.J. Forty’s proposals for the City - The Holden-Holford plan for the City of London.- Comprehensive Projects for Central London - The St. Paul’s Precinct project - The Barbican project - The South Bank project - The Elephant and Castle project.- Epilogue.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

Emmanuel Marmaras is Professor at the Economic University of Athens, Greece where he teaches post-graduate courses in the programme ‘Statistic Methods in Real Estate’: Geography of Housing and Urban Planning. He has acted as head of the department of architecture at the Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece from 2010 to 2012. His main research interests are town planning, urban development, urban history, urban geography, preservation of historic urban environment, interwar planning and architecture, cycladic settlements, and residential tourism.

Blurb

The book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain and with the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. The book recreates the atmosphere following step by step the arguments and the events at various political, socio-economic and technical levels. It also contributes in the understanding of the succeeding developments in terms of planning theory and practice. The book is structured into three parts. The first one explores the administrative and statutory developments in town planning matters during the period 1940-59. The second part deals with the plans proposed for London as a whole from independent and official organisations during mainly the 1940s. Finally, the third part examines the proposed projects for the rebuilding of the City of London and for special areas of Central London that suffered from bombing and located on both sides of the Thames.