The British New Towns Policy : Problems and Implications / Lloyd Rodwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodwin, Lloyd, author.

Series:

Harvard City Planning Studies

Harvard City Planning Studies ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Great Britain.

Regional planning--Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

City planning--Great Britain.

Regional planning--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.): 6 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

CONTENTS

PART I: NEW TOWNS: PROMISE AND REALITY

CHAPTER 1: The British New Towns Policy

PART II: THE GARDEN CITY IDEA: A HISTORICAL APPRAISAL

CHAPTER 2: Ebenezer Howard and the Campaign of History

CHAPTER 3: Newtopia versus Megalopolis

PART III: NEW TOWNS AND TOWN DEVELOPMENT: PROBLEMS OF EXECUTION

CHAPTER 4: The New Towns Act and the New Towns

CHAPTER 5: New Towns: National Policy Issues

CHAPTER 6: Problems of New Town Development

CHAPTER 7: New Towns: Personal History

CHAPTER 8: The Background of the Town Development Act

CHAPTER 9: The Town Development Act: Problems and Implications

PART IV: A PERSPECTIVE ON NEW TOWNS: IMPLICATIONS A N D PROSPECTS

CHAPTER 10: Reflections on Newtopia

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: The Achilles Heel of British Town Planning

APPENDIX Β: British Local Government Organization and Functions

APPENDIX C: The Look of the New Towns

Notes: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-42052-7

OCLC:

1013940427