Settlement Patterns of Britain - Past, Present and the Future Foretold in Eight Essays

List of contents

1. An Island Breaks Free from a Continent 2. The Rise of the Tribal-Region 3. Roman Roads & Roman Towns & Fortresses 4. The Merchant of Chipping Camden 5. Out of the Villages into the Cities, and Back Again 6. Towards Hyper-Polycentricity 7. Settlements In-Silico 8. Biography of an Island Foretold

Summary

In eight carefully crafted essays, each focusing on a key period in our island’s history, Nick Green explores the origins of Britain’s settlement patterns from pre-history to the present day, the lessons that these have for the future and, finally, what that future may hold.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Green, Nick (University of Salford Green
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780415698771
• ISBN: 978-0-415-69877-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Planning, History and Environment Series; Planning, History and Environment Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, European History, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Anthropology, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, The environment, British & Irish history, Property & real estate, Human Geography, Urban communities, Property and real estate, Civil engineering, surveying and building