The Urban Future A Choice Between Alternatives

• Main Author: Jackson, John N. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1972
• Series: Urban and regional studies
• Subjects: Urbanization; City planning
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• Physical Description: 3-335 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 0043520340

Urbanization, everywhere, is of pressing concern to society. It is now appreciated that policies for urban growth cannot be confined to the cities themselves but must extend outward to include both the city and its surrounding areas. Britain, with the help of North American experience, has since 1965 pioneered new approaches to the city in its regional dimension. These contributions are examined in this book. Its essential merit is that it shows how planners think and describes assumptions and the nature of arguments used when determining the form and characteristics of future urban environment in England