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1 online resource (244 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies |
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Routledge library editions. Urban studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 The new town idea 1898â#x80;#x93;1939 -- The idea -- The philosophy of the founders -- Inter-war housing and social problems -- Social research on public housing estates -- Garden cities and public policy -- The inter-war activities of the GCTPA -- 2 Wartime deliberation; post-war legislation -- Platforms into policy -- Lord Keith's New Towns Committee and its philosophy |
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Reith on ownership and managementThe New Towns Act 1946 -- The structure and powers of development corporations -- 3 The end of the beginning: theMark One new towns -- Housing -- Relations with statutory bodies -- Relations with central government -- Relations with industry and commerce -- The aesthetes versus the missionaries -- The policy of government in the 1950s -- 4 Renaissance and redirection 1960â#x80;#x93;74 -- Relations within central government -- Relations between development corporations and local authorities -- Relations with the private sector |
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Development corporations and commercial viability5 The ownership and management of new town assets -- The structure and work of the Commission for the New Towns -- Housing assets and the move to owner-occupation -- Land and other assets -- 6 Balance and self-containment -- Objectives -- The mechanisms -- The achievement -- Social class in the new towns -- Changing circumstances -- Consequences -- Neighbourhood, community and citizenship -- 7 Regional growth and urban decline -- Regional policies and philosophies -- Inter-regional policies and incentives |
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Intra-regional objectives and inner-city declineThe redirection of government policy -- 8 Reappraisal 1974â#x80;#x93;8 -- The consultation documents -- The Expenditure Committee -- Response and review -- The New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976 -- New towns in 'other planning situations'? -- 9 What is the 'new towns policy'? -- Attitudes and mechanisms -- The changing ideology of the new towns -- The end of the new towns policy? -- Outline chronology -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"First published in 1979. Concern about the processes at work in Britain's urban areas, coupled with steep declines in the population projections, led to a review of urban and regional policies in the mid-1970s, with major implications for the new towns as an element of national policy. The various stages and the conclusions of this re-appraisal are discussed, and the new towns' role in the supposed 'urban crisis' is analysed. This title will be of interest to students of urban studies and development."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
New towns -- Great Britain
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Urban policy -- Great Britain
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New towns
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Urban policy
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351692748 |
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1351692747 |
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