The planning imagination : Peter Hall and the study of urban and regional planning / edited by Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Nicholas A. Phelps, Robert Freestone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tewdwr-Jones, Mark.

Phelps, N. A. (Nicholas A.)

Freestone, Robert.

Series:

Planning, history, and the environment series

Planning, history and environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hall, Peter, 1932-2014.

Hall, Peter.

City planning--Great Britain.

City planning.

Great Britain.

Regional planning--Great Britain.

Regional planning.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

Knighted in 1998 'for services to the Town and Country Planning Association', and in 2003 named by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a 'Pioneer in the Life of the Nation', Peter Hall is internationally renowned for the breadth and depth of his studies and writings on urban and regional planning. For the last 50 years, he has captured and helped to create the 'planning imagination'. Here the editors have brought together in five themes a series of critical reflections on Peter's vast and diverse contributions. Those reflections are provided by colleagues familiar with his work. The five parts are devoted to Peter Hall's breadth of academic work, covering the history of cities and planning, London, spatial planning, connectivity and mobility, and urban globalization. Finally, as a sixth part, the editors have asked Peter Hall himself to reflect on his career and the sources of his imagination. The story this book tells is not one of a singular, totally consistent theoretical and philosophical view elaborated over several decades. Rather it covers a set of views that necessarily admits signs of Peter's inconsistency and imperfection over the years - the insights and imperfections that inevitably accompany the exercise of a nonetheless remarkably fertile, restless and inspiring planning imagination. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Geography, History and the Planning Imagination / Nicholas A. Phelps Phelps, Nicholas A., Mark Tewdwr-Jones Tewdwr-Jones, Mark, Robert Freestone Freestone, Robert 1

Part 1 History of Cities and Planning

2 Urban and Regional Planning / Susan Fainstein Fainstein, Susan 15

3 Great Planning Disasters / Michael Batty Batty, Michael 28

4 Cities of Tomorrow / Robert Freestone Freestone, Robert 40

5 Cities in Civilization / John Rennie Short Short, John Rennie 54

Part 2 London's Growth and Development

6 London's Economy: From Resurgence to Recession to Rebalancing / Ron Martin Martin, Ron 65

7 London 2000 and 2001 / Michael Hebbert Hebbert, Michael 85

8 Working Capital / Chris Hamnett Hamnett, Chris 97

Part 3 Spatial Planning

9 Regional Planning / John Glasson Glasson, John 111

10 The Containment of Urban England / Tony Champion Champion, Tony, John Goddard Goddard, John 126

11 Sociable Cities / Dennis Hardy Hardy, Dennis 138

12 Regeneration: The Inner City in Context / Nick Bailey Bailey, Nick 150

13 Non-Plan / Philip Allmendinger Allmendinger, Philip 162

Part 4 Connectivity and Mobility

14 The Information Age and Technological Change / Edward J. Malecki Malecki, Edward J. 179

15 Technopoles of the World / Julie Tian Miao Miao, Julie Tian 188

16 Transport and Planning / David Banister Banister, David 204

Part 5 Globalized Urbanization

17 The World Cities / Peter J. Taylor Taylor, Peter J. 217

18 The Polycentric Vision / Robert C. Kloosterman Kloosterman, Robert C., Bart Lambregts Lambregts, Bart 228

19 Europe 2000: A Pioneering Work / Andreas Faludi Faludi, Andreas 240

20 Urban Futures / Simin Davoudi Davoudi, Simin 252

Part 6 A Unique Combination of Ideas

21 Apologia pro Vita Sua / PeterHall 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415506076

0415506077

9780415506083

0415506085

OCLC:

852219514