The philosophy and practice of urban planning has been transformed over the last decade. This book provides an evaluation of both political and planning theory and practice during the Thatcher period and throws new light on the quality of urban life.
Crime and the fear of crime are issues high in public concern and on political agendas in most developed countries. This book takes these issues and relates them to the contribution that urban planners and participative planning processes can make in response to these problems. …
Water and Roman Urbanism provides an innovative archaeological perspective on the Roman urban experience in Britain through its focus on the cultural implications of the crucial relationship between water and settlement and the important development of this relationship over tim…
"The purpose of Planning by Consent is to find historical explanations for the way in which the development control system has evolved. Starting with a discussion of attitudes to property and to the problem of nuisance in the Middle Ages, the book charts the development of contr…
