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Author Hall, Peter, 1932-2014, author.

Title Good cities, better lives : how Europe discovered the lost art of urbanism / Peter Hall ; with contributions from Nicholas Falk
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Planning, history and environment series
Planning, history, and the environment series.
Contents Part one. Facing the challenges -- part two. Learning from model cities : a twenty-first-century grand tour -- part three. Lessons from Europe
Summary This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? What can we learn from other countries, especially our near neighbours in Europe? And, in turn, can we provide lessons for other countries facing similar dilemmas? Urban Britain is not functioning as it should. Social inequalities and regional disparities show little sign of going away. Efforts to generate growth, and spread it to the poorer areas of cities, have failed dismally. Much new urban development and redevelopment is not up to standar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Urban policy -- Great Britain
Urban policy -- Europe
Urbanization -- Great Britain
Urbanization -- Europe
Regional planning -- Europe
Regional economics -- Europe
City planning -- Europe
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
City planning
Regional economics
Regional planning
Urban policy
Urbanization
Europe
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Falk, Nicholas, author
ISBN 9781134545674
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9781315888446
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