Urban Planning and the British New Right

ISBN-13: 9780415154628 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 304 str.

Huw Thomas; Philip Allmendinger

Opis

Nearly 20 years after Mrs Thatcher first came to power the debate over the significance of what has been termed the New Right continues. Did the 1980s and 1990s see the death of planning and other areas of the public sector as some have claimed or were reports of their demise premature? This book tackles this and other questions. Experts in a wide range of land use policy areas examine the changes that were brought about during the 1980s and 1990s in planning and the environment, and argue that much less was achieved than expected. There is little doubt that New Right policy has had a major influence on the shape and direction of British politics. The planning system reacted to these changes in a way that altered or diluted centrally directed proposals. How this came about tells us as much about the shape and power of local planning in the UK as it does about the ability of central government to impose its preferred policies. Urban planning and the British New Right says as much about the administration, institutions and processes of planning as it does about Mrs Thatcher's attempts to change it.

Spis treści

Contents.Acknowledgements.Introduction Phil Allmendinger and Huw Thomas Planning and environmentalism in the 1990s Elizabeth Wilson Conservation of the built environment under the Conservatives Peter Larkham and Heather BarrettPlanning for housing: regulation entrenched? Glen Bramley and Christine Lambert Development plans: coping with re-regulation in th 1990s Angela Hull and Geoff Vigar Simplified Planning Zones Philip Allmendinger The New Right's commodification of planning control Mark Tewdwr-Jones and Neil Harris Countryside conservation and the New Right Kevin Bishop The ghost of Thatcherism Andy Thornley Conclusions Phil Allmendinger and Huw Thomas Bibliography.

O autorze

Philip Allmendinger, Huw Thomas