228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
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London is in a mess. This is evident from the increasingly unpleasant experience of daily life in the capital, from homelessness and unemployment to frustrating transport facilities and the general bad quality of the environment. However it is not only citizens of London who are suffering but the business community as well. London is having to face increasing competition from other European... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION 2 LONDON’S HOUSING CRISIS 3 EVERY JOB AN OFFICE JOB 4 JAM TODAY: LONDON’S TRANSPORT IN CRISIS 5 LONDON AS ECOSYSTEM 6 CLASSIC CARBUNCLES AND MEAN STREETS: CONTEMPORARY URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE IN CENTRAL LONDON 7 LONDON’S STREETS OF FEAR 8 RACE AND ETHNICITY 9 THE REBIRTH OF COMMUNITY PLANNING 10 GOVERNING THE CAPITAL 11 DOCKLANDS: DREAM OR DISASTER? 12 A MICROCOSM: REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AT KING’S CROSS 13 A VISION FOR LONDON
Biography
Andy Thornley lectures at the University of Reading. His previous work as a professional planner included periods at both strategic and local levels in London. He is the author of Urban Planning under Thatcherism: the Challenge of the Market, published by Routledge.
`Should be on the shelves of any researcher or teacher directly concerned with London ... provide[s] very useful overviews and discussions of certain research topics.' - Progress in Human Geography
` ... always a good read. It has applicabiltiy not only to London but in may respects much wider to the whole of the UK. As such it will be particularly valuable in providing thought-provoking material for tutorials in a variety of social science subjects.' - Urban Studies
