The Purpose of Planning: Creating Sustainable Towns and Cities

by Yvonne Rydin

Planning is never far from the top of the policy or media agenda, whether this concerns 'garden-grabbing', the location of wind farms or protests about travellers' sites. The operation of the planning system raises strong views, even passions, and is highly political. Planners have to engage with developers working on multi-million pound schemes and the local communities that will be affected by such schemes. And throughout, they have to work in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847424309
• ISBN13: 9781847424303
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"