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  • Rationalities of Planning

    Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing

    by Jonathan Murdoch, Simone Abram ...
    What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development and environmental protection? Providing a thorough assessment of these important questions, this stimulating book reviews planning policy in the UK and the rationality of 'sustainable development'. Supported by a wealth of empirical material ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Reconstituting Rurality

    by Jonathan Murdoch, Terry Marsden ...
    The second in the "Restructuring Rural Areas" series, this work presents an examination of the way in which the rural, and the concept of rurality is being reconstructed within urban regions.; It argues that the rural is not a fixed category but the outcome of political, economic and socio- cultural pressures. These pressures are exacerbated in southeast England - an area dominated by London and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Differentiated Countryside

    by Philip Lowe, Terry Marsden and, Jonathan Murdoch, Neil Ward ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    In the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil. Long-standing uses of rural space are in crisis and, unsurprisingly, political processes in rural areas are marked by conflicts between groups, such as farmers, environmentalists, developers and local residents.Using an innovative theoretical approach based on 'networks ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Edited by Philip Allmendinger, Huw Thomas ...
    Did the 1980s and 1990s see the death of planning?Exposing the myth that has grown up around Thatcherism, leading experts from a wide range of land-use policy areas examine the changes that were brought about in planning and the environment during the 1980s and 1990s, and argue that much less was achieved than expected.Urban Planning and the British New Right questions common assumptions about ... Read more

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  • The Purpose of Planning

    Creating sustainable towns and cities

    by Yvonne Rydin ...
    Planning is never far from the top of the policy or media agenda, whether this concerns 'garden-grabbing', the location of wind farms or protests about travellers' sites. The operation of the planning system raises strong views, even passions, and is highly political. Planners have to engage with developers working on multi-million pound schemes and the local communities that will be affected by ... Read more

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  • The Planning Polity

    Planning, Government and the Policy Process

    by Mark Tewdwr-Jones ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Planning is not a technical and value free activity. Planning is an overt political system that creates both winners and losers. The Planning Polity is a book that considers the politics of development and decision-making, and political conflicts between agencies and institutions within British town and country planning. The focus of assessment is how British planning has been formulated since the ... Read more

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  • Rural Geography

    Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring

    by Michael Woods ...
    "Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to be called state-of-the-art."- Geographische Rundschau"With Rural Geography Michael Woods remedies the often underestimated dynamism of rural places and rural society by providing the much-needed synthesis of the ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

  • Housing and Social Policy

    Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Peter Somerville, Nigel Sprigings ...
    Series series Housing and Society Series
    This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Politics in Australia

    Theories, Practices and Issues

    Edited by Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen, Ian Cook ...
    Contemporary Politics in Australia provides a lively and wide-ranging introduction to the study of Australian politics. Written by a diverse range of experts, the book offers a comprehensive overview of current theories, debates and research in Australian political science and looks forward to new developments. It encompasses not only formal and institutionally based politics, but also the ... Read more

    $112.39 USD

  • Understanding the Industrial Revolution

    by Dr Charles More, Charles More ...
    Understanding the Industrial Revolution is a fresh, new exploration of this economic phenomenon of major importance. It describes theories of economic growth, shows how these can be applied to the revolution and discusses them in the light of modern research. Furthermore, it places the debate surrounding the social effects of industrialisation into the context of economic change during the period ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Transforming Cities

    New Spatial Divisions and Social Tranformation

    Edited by Nick Jewson, Susanne MacGregor ...
    This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring ... Read more

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  • The Essential Guide to Planning Law

    Decision-Making and Practice in the UK

    by Adam Sheppard, Heather Ritchie, Deborah Peel, Sophie Berry ...
    This comprehensive yet concise textbook is the first to provide a focused, subject specific guide to planning practice and law. Giving students essential background and contextual information to planning’s statutory basis, the information is supported by practical and applied discussion to help students understand planning in the real world. The book is written in an accessible style, enabling ... Read more

    $41.39 USD