The British Planning System

The British Planning System

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This volume provides an introduction to urban and environmental planning, combining comprehensive coverage of institutions and procedures, with detailed analysis of the economic and political context of planning, its historical development and of competing theoretical approaches.

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The British Planning System by Yvonne Rydin

The British Planning System provides an innovative introduction to urban and environmental planning combining comprehensive coverage of institutions and procedures with detailed analysis of the economic and political context of planning, its historical development and of competing theoretical approaches. Extensive use is made throughout of case studies, summary charts and exhibits to bring the subject to life. The book concludes with an assessment of the achievements and failures of British planning and the case for planning activity today.
Yvonne Rydin is Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. She has some forty years' experience of undertaking research on planning processes across a number of policy domains but with a particular emphasis on environmental and sustainability issues. Her previous books include The Purpose of Planning (2011) and The Future of Planning (2013) as well as Governing for Sustainable Urban Development (2010). She has also been director of research degree programmes at both LSE and UCL and supervised many research students over the years.
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ISBN 13 9780333527412
ISBN 10 0333527410
Title The British Planning System
Author Yvonne Rydin
Series Government Beyond The Centre
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 1993-07-20
Number of pages 376
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