Developed form a research report for the Department of the Environment, this book presents an analysis of the problems experienced when the green belt restraint was implemented around London. First published in 1983, it critically examines the Metropolitan Green Belt.
Developed form a research report for the Department of the Environment, this book presents an analysis of the problems experienced when the green belt...
Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones? This book looks at the process of population growth in a national set of cities. It studies the growth of cities in England and Wales between 1801 and 1911; and views the way in which 3 innovations - the telephone, building societies and gaslighting - spread amongst towns in 19th century.
Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones? This book looks at the process of population growth in a national set of cities. It studies...
The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before. Yet it is a concept which has profoundly influenced the western world throughout history, both as a regulative model and as an inspiration.
Rosenau traces the progress of the concept from biblical sources through the hellenistic and Roman empires to the Renaissance and the later Age of Enlightenment, when the emphasis shifted from religious to social considerations. She goes on to discuss the...
The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our im...
In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attained before. This volume focuses on the intellectual and controversial response of the period's leading men and women to the key issues of urbanization and its surrounding social problems.
In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attai...
Presents a selection of readings to offer varied opinions, approaches and reports from various international professional journals such as "Regional Science Association Journal", "The Canadian Geographer", "The Annals of the American Association of Geographers", "Landscape", "Journal of Soil and Water Conservation" and "Land Economics".
Presents a selection of readings to offer varied opinions, approaches and reports from various international professional journals such as "Regional S...
Introduces the complex political processes and problems of the modern city. This work begins by setting the theoretical context and discusses models of democracy, power and the nature of policy. It, then, examines change and the city, by focusing on actual decision-making. It also reviews three major policy areas affecting the city.
Introduces the complex political processes and problems of the modern city. This work begins by setting the theoretical context and discusses models o...
Provides an insight into the development of the nineteenth century Atlantic economy and the nature of contemporary migration. In particular, the author argues that the assumption that the United States economy was the unmoved mover in the fluctuations of the international economy between 1860 and 1913 is incorrect.
Provides an insight into the development of the nineteenth century Atlantic economy and the nature of contemporary migration. In particular, the autho...
