Urban Planning And The Development Process (Paperback)

This text is about the very essence of urban planning in a market economy. It is concerned with people - landowners, developers, investors, politicians and ordinary members of the public - who produce change in towns and cities as they relate to each other and react to development pressure. Whether such change occurs slowly and is almost unnoticed, or happens rapidly and is highly disruptive, a production process is creating a finished product: the built environment. This form of production, known as the land and property development process, is regulated but not controlled by the state. Urban planning is therefore best considered as one form of state intervention in the development process. Since urban planning would have no legitimate basis without state power, it is an inherently political activity, able to alter the distribution of scarce environmental resources. Through doing so, it seeks to resolve conflicts of interest over the use and development of land. However, urban plans that appear to favour particular interests (such as house-builders) above others (such as community groups) provoke intense controversy. Development planning can thus become highly politicized, with al

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	David Adams
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-85728-022-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Management of real estate, property & plant Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law Promotions
LSN:	1-85728-022-9
Barcode:	9781857280227

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