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Bowie, Duncan

Politics, planning and homes in a world city / Duncan Bowie - Oxon: Routledge, 2010. - ix, 284 p - Housing, planning, and design series. .

London and the planning of a world city --
Strategic planning in London before the Mayor --
The new spatial planning framework for London --
The development of the London plan --
From policy to implementation --
The impact of spatial planning on housing outputs --
Revising the spatial plan --
Challenges to the London planning regime --
Planning for growth in a globalised transient world --
Planning and the market --
The management of Land and space --
Planning for diversity : combating social polarisation --
Planning and new approaches to metropolitan governance --
London's experience of spatial planning.

Examining the role of the Mayor as the new strategic planning authority in London, Duncan Bowie assesses the achievements and the impact on development and housing provision brought about by the establishment of the Mayoralty.

ISBN: 9780415486378

Subjects--Topical Terms:
City planning -- Great Britain -- London -- Case studies.
Cities and towns -- Growth -- Case studies.

Dewey Class. No.: 307.121609421 / BOW-P