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The Future of Planning: Beyond Growth Dependence
Yvonne Rydin
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Description for The Future of Planning: Beyond Growth Dependence
Paperback. This timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm and considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of managing community assets within the built environment Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RGC; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 131 x 201 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
For the past half-century, the planning system has operated on the basis of a growth-dependence paradigm. It has been based on market-led urban development and has sought to provide community benefits from a share of development profits. However, we do not live in a world where growth can be taken for granted and we are more aware than previously of the implications for well-being and sustainability. This timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm. It considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of ... Read more
For the past half-century, the planning system has operated on the basis of a growth-dependence paradigm. It has been based on market-led urban development and has sought to provide community benefits from a share of development profits. However, we do not live in a world where growth can be taken for granted and we are more aware than previously of the implications for well-being and sustainability. This timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm. It considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
261g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447308409
SKU
V9781447308409
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About Yvonne Rydin
Yvonne Rydin is Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, with over thirty years of experience in researching and teaching in planning. She specialises in governance for urban sustainability looking both at topics such as urban energy, air quality and green spaces, and also processes such as the regulation of urban ... Read more
Reviews for The Future of Planning: Beyond Growth Dependence
"In this excellent book, Yvonne Rydin skilfully critiques the current growth-dependent British planning system while offering a comprehensive and progressive agenda for its reform using the concept of `just sustainability.’" Julian Agyeman, Tufts University, USA. "Contains much that will engage anyone who has an interest in the kinds of villages, towns and cities we should build in Britain." International Planning ... Read more