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31. Planning by Consent

    The Origins and Nature of British Development Control

    By Philip Booth

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    The British system of universal development control celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1997. Remarkably, the system has survived more or less intact but the experience of the 1980s has left large questions unanswered about the relevance and effectiveness of the system. This book traces the history...

    Published June 4th 2003 by Routledge
32. Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000

    By Jeffrey W. Cody

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world. Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where...

    Published December 18th 2002 by Routledge
33. Council Housing and Culture

    The History of a Social Experiment

    By Alison Ravetz

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    Born of idealism, and once an icon of the Labour movement and pillar of the Welfare State, council housing is now nearing its end. But do its many failings outweigh its positive contributions to public health and wellbeing?Alison Ravetz here provides the first comprehensive and apolitical history...

    Published June 27th 2001 by Routledge
34. Twentieth-Century Suburbs

    A Morphological Approach

    By C.M.H Carr, J.W.R Whitehand

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    Garden suburbs were the almost universal form of urban growth in the English-speaking world for most of the twentieth century. Their introduction was probably the most fundamental process of transformation in the physical form of the Western city since the Middle Ages.This book describes the ways...

    Published May 23rd 2001 by Routledge
35. Utopian England

    Community Experiments 1900-1945

    By Dennis Hardy

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims. Two world wars, an economic depression, and the emergence of fascist states in Europe were all a spur to idealists to seek new limits - to escape from the here and now,...

    Published August 15th 2000 by Routledge
36. Urban Planning in a Changing World

    The Twentieth Century Experience

    Edited by Robert Freestone

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hundred years. Written by leading experts and commentators from around the world, this collection of original essays will form an...

    Published June 21st 2000 by Routledge
37. Australian Metropolis

    A Planning History

    Edited by Robert Freestone, Stephen Hamnett

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    The Australian Metropolis splendidly fills a huge gap in the literature on Australian cities. It is the definitive account of the history of Australian cities and the crucial role which planning has played in their genesis and growth. Spanning two centuries from the very beginning until the present...

    Published December 1st 1999 by Routledge
38. Changing Suburbs

    Foundation, Form and Function

    Edited by Richard Harris, Peter Larkham

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location.Here the disciplines of history, geography and sociology, together with subdisciplines as diverse as gender studies, art history and urban morphology,...

    Published June 23rd 1999 by Routledge
39. Selling Places

    The Marketing and Promotion of Towns and Cities 1850-2000

    By Stephen Ward

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    Selling Places explores the fascinating development of the place marketing and promotion over the last 150 years, drawing on examples from Northern America, Britain and continental Europe. The processes involved and the promotional imagery employed are meticulously presented and richly illustrated....

    Published August 26th 1998 by Routledge
40. Politics and Preservation

    A policy history of the built heritage 1882-1996

    By John Delafons, J. Delafons

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    This book traces the policy history of urban conservation and its relationship to the town planning process and both are set in their political context. Part One deals with the origins of conservation and its cultural background. Part Two deals with the post-war legislation and the increasing scope...

    Published July 16th 1997 by Routledge