Planning History Books

New and Published Books

1. Of Planting and Planning

   The making of British colonial cities, 2nd Edition

   By Robert Home

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   ‘At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong, aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.’ - Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th–18th Centuries This, surely, is an apt description of the British Empire at its...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Planning for Retail Development

   A Critical View of the British Experience

   By Clifford Guy

   Written by a leading expert in the field, this is the first thorough critical review of retail planning policy in Britain (including Scotland and Wales). It covers recent changes in government policy and guidance, and examines retail policy within a broader economic and social context. Planning for...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Emerging Asian City

   Concomitant Urbanities & Urbanisms

   Edited by Vinayak Bharne

   The Asian urban landscape contains nearly half of the planet’s inhabitants and more than half of its slum population living in some of its oldest and densest cities. It encompasses some of the world’s oldest civilizations and colonizations, and today contains some of the world’s fastest growing...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Latin American Modern Architectures

   Ambiguous Territories

   Edited by Patricio del Real, Helen Gyger

   Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that have not been written about in English. A...

   Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge
5. English Regional Planning 2000-2010

   Lessons for the Future

   Edited by Corinne Swain, Tim Marshall, Tony Baden

   Series: RTPI Library Series

   English Regional Planning 2000-2010 chronicles a vital feature of recent UK planning activity, during the period of the Blair and Brown Labour governments up to 2010. It deals particularly with the regional scale of planning during these years, whereby large steps forward were made, but where...

   Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs

   Edited by Sonia Hirt, Diane Zahm

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   Here for the first time is a thoroughly interdisciplinary and international examination of Jane Jacobs’s legacy. Divided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; II. Jacobs, Urban Economist; II. Jacobs, Urban Sociologist; and IV. Jacobs, Urban Designer, the book evaluates the impact of Jacobs...

   Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Ninety Years of Housing, 1921–2011

   Trends Relating to Living Standards, Energy Use and Carbon Emissions (FB 46)

   By Janet Utley, Les Shorrock

   The housing stock in the UK has changed significantly since 1921. Many homes have been constructed since then, leading to the very wide diversity that we see today. This report looks back over the past 90 years, presenting statistics that illustrate key changes and the progress that has been made...

   Published June 13th 2012 by IHS BRE Press
8. Learning from the Japanese City

   Looking East in Urban Design, 2nd Edition

   By Barrie Shelton

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   Japanese cities are amongst the most intriguing and confounding anywhere. Their structures, patterns of building and broader visual characteristics defy conventional urban design theories, and the book explores why this is so. Like its cities, Japan’s written language is recognized as one of...

   Published March 27th 2012 by Routledge
9. An Anatomy of Sprawl

   Planning and Politics in Britain

   By Nicholas A. Phelps

   Series: RTPI Library Series

   Despite the combined efforts of British planners, politicians, the public and interest groups, the ‘Solent City’ stands as one of a number of instances of a peculiar instance of urban sprawl – muted, and slow to emerge – yet produced paradoxically by very strong interests in promoting conservation...

   Published February 19th 2012 by Routledge
10. Captured Landscape

    The Paradox of the Enclosed Garden

    By Kate Baker

    The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to...

    Published January 4th 2012 by Routledge