Like many Western nations, Britain faces extraordinary challenges in the twenty-first century, from the effects of climate change to growing inequality and the relentless pressures of the globalized economy. In the face of these issues, Rebuilding Britain asks a simple question: How can Britain organize itself, not just for survival, but in such a way that it can build a fairer, more sustainable society? Challenging a widespread air of defeatism in progressive politics, the authors offer an ambitious, hopeful, yet politically grounded view of the possibilities for a better Britain in...

Good town and city planning is essential to the future of our society, and to the quality of life we look for today. Yet in the wake of recent government reforms and widespread deregulation, argue Hugh Ellis and Kate Henderson, the English planning system is in crisis. This book details the extent and significance of that crisis as well as makes a clear, straightforward case for why planning is essential. From there, they offer ten evidence-based steps to rebuild the planning system in England, built on policy examples from around the United Kingdom and throughout the world.

The Art of Building a Garden City is a well-researched guide to the history of the garden city movement and the delivery of a new generation of communities for the 21st Century. Bringing together key findings from the TCPA's campaign work, and drawing on lessons from the first garden cities, the new towns programme and other large-scale developments, it identifies what steps need to be taken in order to deliver the highest standards of design and place making today.