The Rise and Fall of London?s Ringways, 1943-1973 (Routledge Advances in Urban History)

Dnes, Michael

ISBN 10: 0367361574 / ISBN 13: 9780367361570

Published by Routledge, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rise and Fall of London?s Ringways, 1943-1973 (Routledge Advances in Urban History)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367361574
• ISBN 13: 9780367361570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Urban motorways are among the greatest – and least forgiven – legacies of post-war planning in Britain. Ringways explores the genesis, development and collapse of London’s controversial plans for nearly 500 miles of highways, to understand why such ambitious and unlamented programmes gained widespread support and triggered urban uproar. Combining a review of the wider intellectual climate with extensive archival research, Ringways asks how far the rise of the urban motorway can be attributed to urban contingency as opposed to far-seeing planners; how ideas of the environment changed as proposals were debated; and whether their fall was the work of popular revolt or expert regret.

About the Author

Michael Dnes is a civil servant at the UK Department for Transport. He was responsible for the 2015 and 2020 road investment strategies, the institutional reform of the highways sector and the recreation of the National Roads Fund.