accessibility in cities
Barrier Free Living
Black Woman Architect
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British Town Planning
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Built Environment Education
Built Environment Professions
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Central Government
City Health Plan
cultural diversity planning
development
East Gippsland
environment
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EU Social Policy
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European Sustainable Cities
European Sustainable Cities Project
gender and spatial policy
Healthy Cities Project
inclusive urban design
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planning equity
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Social Town Planning
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Statutory Town Planning
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UK Sustainable Development Strategy
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415172400
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 May 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Many issues such as access for the disabled, childcare facilities, environmental matters, and ethnic minority issues are excluded from town planning considerations by planning authorities. This book introduces the concept of `social town planning' to integrate planning policy and practices with the cultural and social issues of the people they are planning for. Part 1 provides background on the development of a social dimension to the predominantly physical, land use based, British town planning system. Part 2 investigates a representative selection of minority planning topics, in respect of gender, race, age and disability, cross-linked to the implications for mainstream policy areas such as housing, rural planning and transport. Part 3 discusses the likely influence of a range of global and European policy initiatives and organisations in changing the agenda of British town planning. Planning for healthy cities, sustainability, social cohesion, and equity are discussed. Part 4 looks at `the problem' from a cultural perspective, arguing that a great weakness in the British system, resulting in ugly and impractical urban design, has been the lack of concern among planners with social activities and cultural diversity. Alternative, more culturally inclusive approaches to planning are presented which might transcend the social/spatial dichotomy, such as urban time planning. Concluding that the process of planning must change, the authors ague that the culture and composition of the planning profession must particularly change to be more representative and reflective of the people they are `planning for', in terms of gender, race and minority composition.
