Town Planning in Britain P

by Gordon E. Cherry

Book Overview

This book examines town and country planning policy in twentieth-century Britain as an important aspect of state activity. Tracing the origins of planning ideals and practice, Gordon Cherry charts the adoption by state, both at the central and local level, of measures to control and regulate features of Britain's urban and rural environments. The author examines how town planning first took root as a professional activity and an academic discipline...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631199942
• ISBN13: 9780631199946
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"