Urban Process and Power

by Ambrose,Peter

• ISBN13: 9780415008518
• ISBN10: 0415008514
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Urban Process and Powerexplains the processes of building environments, as well as the how they reflect dominant social, political and economic values and circumstances. Peter Ambrose argues that the changes in the environments during the "neo-liberal" period during the 1970s have increased inequalities, been wasteful of urban resources, and have frequently been self-defeating. The book compares these processes with those elswhere in Europe, establishing that deregulation has produced adversity, and what is called for is a land development policy which shows a better balance between private, public and voluntary sectors, as well as a more sensitive approach to those who use the environment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introductory Note	p. xiii
A Guide to the Book	p. xv
Urban	p. 1
'Human Nature' and the Urban Environment	p. 3
Three Urban Environments Compared	p. 16
Process	p. 35
The System Generating New Built Environment	p. 37
Profit-Seeking Development-As Investment	p. 48
Profit-Seeking Development-For Sale	p. 78
Non-Profit-Seeking Development-Statutory	p. 102
Non-Profit-Seeking Development-Voluntary	p. 126
Power	p. 145
The Dominant 'neo-Liberal' Ideologies of the 1980s/1990s	p. 147
The Impact of 'neo-Liberal' Policies on the Built Environment	p. 163
Lessons	p. 187
How It Works Elsewhere	p. 189
Ways Ahead?	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 224
General Index	p. 236
Index of Legislation	p. 245
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