Planning on the Edge

Zusatztext 'The authors argue for a "made-in-the-fringe" approach to land use planning; in other words! land use policies that are informed by the fringe's unique social! environmental and economic characteristics ... This provocative and interesting thesis is carefully amd convincingly laid out in a concise and superbly written book.' - Planning Practice and Research'The authors expertly weave together ... a coherent and lively discussion of fringe planning and development.' - Planning Practice and Research'This is an excellent book and a must read for practising planners and students.' - Planning Practice and Research Informationen zum Autor Gallent, Nick; Andersson, Johan; Bianconi, Marco Zusammenfassung More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises ‘urban fringe’: the countryside around towns that has been called ‘planning’s last frontier’. Filling an important gap in the literature, this study examines in detail the challenges that planning faces in this no-man’s land. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Figures Glossary of Acronyms Part 1: The Rural-Urban Fringe 1. Introduction 2. The Making of the Rural-Urban Fringe Part 2: Multiple Fringes 3. A Historic Fringe 4. An Aesthetic Fringe 5. An Economic Fringe 6. A Socio-Cultural Fringe 7. An Ecological Fringe Part 3: Planning the Edge 8. Land-Use Planning and Containment 9. Planning Reform and the Spatial Agenda 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Johan Andersson, Andersson Johan, Marco Bianconi, Bianconi Marco, Nick Gallent, Nick Andersson Gallent, Gallent Nick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2006
• EAN: 9780415402903
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40290-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning