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Urban reflections

narratives of place, planning and change

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Author:
Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, this unique book looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public’s attitudes to that change.

Publisher:
Policy Press
Publication Date:
20 Jul 2011
Online ISBN:
9781447342861
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447342861
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Front Matter
Front Matter
Preface
Part One: Between recreated past and threatening future: The modern planning project
One: Introduction
Two: “This new fangled planning doctrine”
Three: “The era of reconstruction begins”
Part Two: The desire for the modern world: Narratives of change for cities and planning 1930–1979
Four: Poetic realism: filmic planning in an era of transport modernisation
Five: “Look at all those chimneys. That’s money.” Urban space and social realism
Six: “It’s like living in heaven up here!”
Seven: “The planners did their best.” Utilising irony and prose to protect the past
Eight: Taking a bird’s-eye view: modern planning and the changing landscape
Nine: “Planning turned out to be war by other means”
Part Three: In everything, accept the genius of the place: Towards a new respect for place in planning
Ten: A multiplicity of meanings of space and place
Eleven: “A sense of beauty, culture and civic pride”
Twelve: Fearful symmetries: the spirit and purpose of modern planning
Back Matter
References
Index

Urban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public’s attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book offers a fresh incisive story of urban change, one that evokes both real and imagined perspectives of places and planning, and questions what role and purpose urban planning serves in the 21st century. It will interest urban and architectural historians, planners, geographers and all concerned with understanding urban planning and attitudes toward the contemporary city.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones is Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance at University College London’s Bartlett School of Planning and Architecture and the UCL Urban Laboratory. He is a recognised authority on urban planning, the politics of the city and the use of land.

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Copyright:
© Mark Tewdwr-Jones 2011
Hardback ISBN:
9781847428424
Paperback ISBN:
9781847428417
Online ISBN:
9781447342861
Page Extent:
328
Global Social Challenges:
Cities and Communities, Hunger, Food, Water and Shelter
Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Subject:
Human Geography, Urban Geography, Planning and Housing, Planning, Urban Studies, Urban Studies
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