Anglo-American crossroads : urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010 / Mark Clapson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clapson, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Great Britain.

City planning.

Urbanization--Great Britain.

Urbanization.

Great Britain.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The postwar British city was been shaped by many international forces during the last century, but American influences on British urban research and urban planning have been particularly significant. Beginning with debates about reconstruction during the Second World War, Anglo-American Crossroads explores how Americanisation influenced key approaches to town planning, from reconstruction after 1945 to the New Urbanism of the 1990's. Clapson pays particular attention to the relationship between urban sociological research and planning issues since the 1950's. He also addresses the ways in which

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Timeline; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Direction of Travel; Rationale; The scope and content of Anglo-American Crossroads; Chapter 2: Roads to Reconstruction: The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Special Housing Mission to W; Introduction; The Rockefeller Foundation and the wartime British city; The Special Housing Mission to Great Britain, 1942-46; Networks and themes coalesce; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Green Lights for Understanding: The American Contribution to Urban Research in Britain,; Introduction

The Institute of Community Studies The Centre for Urban Studies; The Centre for Environmental Studies; The Ditchley Foundation; Social scientists and the Rockefeller Foundation; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Through Roads and Dead Ends: American Influences on Post-war Urban Reconstruction; Introduction; The new towns programme; Travelling beyond the neighbourhood unit; Roads and urban renewal; Radburn and the design of post-war new towns and new communities; Roads, Radburn and the re-thinking of residential areas: The initial planning of Milton Keynes; The final passing of the neighbourhood unit

Education and campuses Some conclusions; Chapter 5: Roads to Edge City: Motorization, Milton Keynes and Urbanization After the Era of Recon; Introduction; Edge City; From the detested to the digested city: Learning from Los Angeles; Roads: Similarities and differences between LA and MK; Shopping centres; Linear parks, waterfronts and redways; LA and MK: Some other differences; Conclusion: England's most American city; Chapter 6: The Opposite Direction: British Influences Upon Privately and Publicly Developed New Tow; Introduction; James W. Rouse, Cross Keys and Columbia; Reston, Virginia

The New Communities Development Act of 1968 and the federally assisted new towns in the United The ending of the federally assisted new communities; Operation Breakthrough; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Avoiding Danger: The USA and the Regeneration of the Inner City in Britain Since 1970; Introduction; The growth of the inner city problem in Britain; The inner city problem in England and the United States of America; Inner city policies during the late 1960's and the 1970's; The significance of failure: The community development projects

Enterprise zones: Business-led solutions to decline during the 1980's and 1990's From Baltimore to Britain: Waterfronts and urban regeneration; Gentrification: Encouraging the middle classes back into the inner cities and the city centres; From SoHo to Soho: Loft living; Conclusion: The special relationship between the British and American city since 1970; Chapter 8: A Coda on New Urbanism: Back to Milton Keynes; High Priests and Princes; New Urbanism and Milton Keynes; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography and Sources

Archive Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-87408-3

1-4411-4477-3

OCLC:

823726263