1st Edition
Towns and Cities Competing for survival
188 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
188 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
188 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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The last fifty years have seen dramatic changes in towns and cities. People have moved out of central urban areas, retailing has moved out of towns and jobs have also declined in city centres, particularly with the growth of business and science parks. With the continuing decline of the manufacturing sector and the re-shaping of employment in the service sector, a new force will increasingly... Read more
The forces of change versus the intransigence of ignorance. Population change yet more counter urbanization. Technology - the catalyst to urban change. The spending zone for affluence. Cities - if not for work then for what. The future of cities in an epoch of growing global competition. Property investment and its influence on urban change. Strategies for the future.
Biography
Angus McIntosh, Dr Angus Mcintosh
'Here then is the market-based antidote to planning idealism. Which is not to say that planners should not read it. On the contrary, since it illuminates all sorts of matters they ought to be aware of... they should study it...they won'tbe disapppointed' - Planning Magazine
'...it illuminates all sorts of matters they [planners] ought to be aware of, from technology that is 'the catalyst for urban change' to the influence of property investment on urban areas, they should study it.' - Planning Magazine
'The whole book is an invigorating catholic mix of description and polemic' - Russell Schiller, Hillier Park, London
'...both provocative and stimulating. - Architectural Review
