1st Edition

Stevenage A Sociological Study of a New Town

By Harold Orlans Copyright 1952
330 Pages
by Routledge

330 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

This is Volume XIX in a series of twenty-two on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1952. In November 1946, the British Government founded the New Town of Stevenage, thirty miles north of London, as part of a long-term programme to move over a million people from the metropolis. This book tells the story of this New Town: the history of the decentralization policy, of the... Read more
Part One: The New Town Idea I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TOWNS II. STEVENAGE-A BACKWARD GLANCE III. THE STEVENAGE PROJECT Part Two: The New Town Plan IV. SOCIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS V. LOCAL INTERESTS Part Three: The New Town Machinery VI. THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION page VII. COUNCIL-PLANNER RELATIONS VIII. CORPORATION-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IX. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

Biography

Harold Orlans