Planning Beyond 2000 - Couverture rigide

Allmendinger, Philip; Chapman, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471984418 ISBN 13 : 9780471984412

Editeur : Wiley-Academy, 1999

Synopsis

This text examines the prospects for British planning and land use policy. Beginning with an historical overview of British planning, it consider all the areas of planning policy (environmental, urban, rural, European), how these policies are implemented and what demands are made on the practitioners. It then moves on to assess the state of planning theory, its revival in the 1990s and what questions theorists will need to address.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

It is fashionable to think that we are living in new times and that the experiences of contemporary society set us apart from previous eras. Any examination of history soon undermines such thoughts but this is not to deny their significance. What we are experiencing is a remarkable collection of factors that require us, to rethink many established practices, cherished ideals and even the enlightenment search for progress through science and rationality. Planning is of course deeply embroiled in these debates. For example, The neo–liberal hegemony of the past two decades remains entrenched against the growing importance given by society to the environment. Globalisation and the shift to what some have termed the post–industrial society increasingly mean that places are becoming commodities to be packaged and sold in the world–wide search for capital. Nationalism, devolution and the Balkanisation of former nation states continues alongside the growing importance of supra–national institutions such as the EU and the United Nations in prescribing and influencing policies on land use. Increasing demands for greater participation and accountability conflict with entrenched attitudes of technical authority within the planning profession. These over–arching debates structure and influence the practices of planning. In a provocative and broad collection of chapters from young academics this book examines these current debates and explores possible futures for sustainability, urban regeneration, the planning profession, environmental and transport policy, social exclusion, housing and planning theory. Regardless of the topic all the chapters conclude that planning needs to be rethought for the challenges and changes going on around it.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Any examination of history soon undermines such thoughts but this is not to deny their significance. What we are experiencing is a remarkable collection of factors that require us to rethink many established practices, cherished ideals and even the enlightenment search for progress through science and rationality. Planning is of course deeply embroiled in these debates. For example,

∗ The neo–liberal hegemony of the past two decades remains entrenched against the growing importance given by society to the environment.

∗ Globalisation and the shift to what some have termed the post–industrial society increasingly mean that places are becoming commodities to be packaged and sold in the world–wide search for capital.

∗ Nationalism, devolution and the Balkanisation of former nation states continues alongside the growing importance of supra–national institutions such as the EU and the United Nations in prescribing and influencing policies on land use.

∗ Increasing demands for greater participation and accountability conflict with entrenched attitudes of technical authority within the planning profession.

These over–arching debates structure and influence the practices of planning. In a provocative and broad collection of chapters from young academics this book examines these current debates and explores possible futures for sustainability, urban regeneration, the planning profession, environmental and transport policy, social exclusion, housing and planning theory. Regardless of the topic all the chapters conclude that planning needs to be rethought for the challenges and changes going on around it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Academy
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471984418
• ISBN 13: 9780471984412
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible