Synopses & Reviews
Many issues such as access for the disabled, childcare facilities, environmental matters, and ethnic minority issues are excluded from town planning considerations by planning authorities. This book introduces the concept of social town planning' to integrate planning policy and practices with the cultural and social issues of the people they are planning for. Part 1 provides background on the development of a social dimension to the predominantly physical, land use based, British town planning system. Part 2 investigates a representative selection of minority planning topics, in respect of gender, race, age and disability, cross-linked to the implications for mainstream policy areas such as housing, rural planning and transport. Part 3 discusses the likely influence of a range of global and European policy initiatives and organisations in changing the agenda of British town planning. Planning for healthy cities, sustainability, social cohesion, and equity are discussed. Part 4 looks at the problem' from a cultural perspective, arguing that a great weakness in the British system, resulting in ugly and impractical urban design, has been the lack of concern among planners with social activities and cultural diversity. Alternative, more culturally inclusive approaches to planning are presented which might transcend the social/spatial dichotomy, such as urban time planning. Concluding that the process of planning must change, the authors ague that the culture and composition of the planning profession must particularly change to be more representative and reflective of the people they are planning for', in terms of gender, race and minority composition.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.
Table of Contents
Pt. 1.Context:Introducing social town planning /Clara H. Greed --Social town planning and the planning profession /Huw Thomas --own planning : "social", not just "physical"? /Nigel Taylor --pt. 2.Groups and issues:Gender and rural policy /Jo Little --Planning to grow old /Rose Gilroy --Planning for disability : barrier-free living /Linda Davies --Transport for people : accessibility, mobility and equity in transport planning /Geoff Vigar --Gender, race and culture in the urban built environment /Ann de Graft-Johnson --pt. 3.New policy horizons:European Union : social cohesion and social town planning /Richard Williams --Urban planning in Europe for health and sustainability /Colin Fudge --Planning for health, sustainability and equity in Scotland /Janet Brand --pt. 4.Cultural perspectives on planning:Cultural planning and time planning /Franco Bianchini and Clara H. Greed --Planning for tourism in towns and cities /Rob Davidson and Robert Maitland --Culture, community and communication in the planning process /Jean Hillier --Changing cultures /Clara H. Greed.