Planning in Britain by Andrew Gilg

Planning in Britain by Andrew Gilg

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Summary

Examines the practical application of post-war planning legislation and guides readers through issues and methods needed to make an independent evaluation of the system today.

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Planning in Britain by Andrew Gilg

This accessible textbook offers the first critical introduction to the UK′s urban and rural planning policy. Andrew Gilg explains and evaluates policy development at each of the key stages: · Objectives: what is the aim of planning in the UK? · Methods: how appropriate is UK planning legislation? · Procedures: how effective are the planning organizations and processes? · Impacts: to what extent have planning policies addressed planning problems? Teaching devices and case studies are used throughout to illustrate the planning process. The text concludes with a discussion of the measurement of the success or failure of planning practices. Planning in Britain will be essential reading for all planning students, as well as geographers and land economists studying land use planning.
Andrew W Gilg is Reader in Countryside Planning at the Department of Geography, University of Exeter, and the author of a number of books on planning
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ISBN 13 9780761949305
ISBN 10 0761949305
Title Planning in Britain
Author Andrew Gilg
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Year published 2005-04-13
Number of pages 224
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