Rationalities of Planning: Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing

Murdoch, Jonathan/ Abram, Simone

ISBN 10: 1840149299 / ISBN 13: 9781840149296

Published by Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2002

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illustrated edition. 163 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rationalities of Planning: Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840149299
• ISBN 13: 9781840149296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.38 kilograms

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Synopsis

What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development and environmental protection? Providing a thorough assessment of these important questions, this stimulating book reviews planning policy in the UK and the rationality of 'sustainable development'. Supported by a wealth of empirical material collected over the past ten years, the study examines the national, regional and local tiers of planning for housing. It analyzes whether the rationality of planning for 'sustainable development' allows a new spatial sensibility to inform planning policy, and whether it still responds to the social demands that were previously incorporated within the developmental method. The overriding concern, which the authors respond to and expand upon, is whether planning for sustainable development can provide a satisfactory basis upon which to re-establish contemporary planning.

About the Author

Jonathan Murdoch, Cardiff University, UK. Simone Abram is Reader in Tourism and Cultural Change at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.