Urban Process and Power
1st Edition
Published on 18. August 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-415-00851-8 (ISBN)
Description
Urban Process and Power has two chief aims. Firstly, it analyses and explains a century of the production and reproduction of the urban environment in which most of us live. Secondly, the book focuses on recent changes in the control of these processes and the ideology that has brought these changes about. Immense disparities exist between the "best" and the "worst" urban areas in Britain. Why do these differences arise and how are they perpetuated? The author argues that the growth of such inequality is linked to questions of accountability and the increasing erosion of a democratic principle in the urban process.
Reviews / Votes
`... a very good book which is well written, provocative and planning courses, as well as finding a place on the desks rather than the shelves of policy makers at local and national level.' - Regional Studies`Ambrose's book should be a standard on all urban, planning or housing courses for its valuable argumentative power, its classical exposition of the key processes underpinning change in the built environment and its many aids to productive r6eading for the student.' - Yvonne Rydin, London School of Economics
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-00851-8 (9780415008518)
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Peter Ambrose
Urban Process and Power
E-Book
05/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
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Peter Ambrose
Urban Process and Power
E-Book
05/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€47.49
Available for download
Person
Peter Ambrose
Content
Part I: URBAN: Why and How Do Urban Areas Vary? 1. 'Human Nature' and the Urban Environment 2. Three Urban Environments Compared Part II: PROCESS: How the Built Environment is Fashioned 3. The System Generating New Built Environment 4. Profit-seeking Development - As Investment 5. Profit-seeking Development - For Sale 6. Non-profit-seeking Development - Statutory 7. Non-profit-seeking Development - Voluntary Part III: POWER: New Ideologies and Their Effects 8. The Dominant 'Neo-liberal' Ideologies of the 1980s/90s 9. The Impact of 'Neo-liberal' Policies on the Built Environment Part IV: LESSONS: The Widening of Perspectives 10. How it Works Elsewhere 11. Ways Ahead?