1st Edition

Planning the Night-time City

By Marion Roberts, Adam Eldridge Copyright 2009
256 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

The night-time economy represents a particular challenge for planners and town centre managers. In the context of liberalised licensing and a growing culture around the '24-hour city', the desire to foster economic growth and to achieve urban regeneration has been set on a collision course with the need to maintain social order. Roberts and Eldridge draw on extensive case study research,... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Cities at Night  3. Visions of the Night-Time City  4. Party Cities  5. Binge Drinking Britain? 6. Regulating Consumption  7. Regulating Licensing  8. Planning and Managing the Night-Time City  9. Consumers  10. Night-Time Cities, Night-Time Futures

Biography

Marion Roberts is Professor of Urban Design at the University of Westminster, UK.

Adam Eldridge is Senior Research Fellow with the Central Cities Institute, based at the Department of Urban Development and Regeneration, University of Westminster, UK.