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OverviewIn this concise survey, Helen Meller aims to explore the interaction of the social and physical environment of cities. All modern societies have experienced mass urbanisation, and have been subject to the economic, social and technological forces which have produced this urbanisation. Yet all towns and cities are not the same. The author points out that historical and cultural factors have played, and are still playing, an important part in shaping responses to these forces. This becomes even more clearly evident when the urban environment becomes subject to planning. Urban regeneration has facilitated not just an improvement in the physical environment of cities but in their economic and social fortunes as well. This study is an accessible analysis of the way in which social, cultural and physical factors have created the quality of life in British cities over the past two centuries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Helen Meller (University of Nottingham) , Maurice KirbyPublisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) Volume: 31 ISBN: 9781139171151ISBN 10: 1139171151 Publication Date: 05 June 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Understanding cities: the impact of mass urbanisation; 3. Ideals and experiments in modern urban living, 1860–1914; 4. Town planning in a free society: the inter war period; 5. The golden age of planning: 'Building the better Britain', 1942–65; 6. Crisis of identity for cities and town planners, 1965–79; 7. Thatcherism and cities: the new context for planners; 8. Economic imperatives and urban regeneration: a new culture of cities?; Appendix; Bibliography.Reviews???Clearly written and well organised, this short book provides a useful introduction to the subject for both students and teachers of urban, social and political history.??? History Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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