Urban and Environmental Planning in the UK

Introduction.- PART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORY.- Establishing the Planning System.- Postwar Planning: Consensus and Crisis.- The Impact of Thatcherism.- Towards the Third Way in Planning.- PART 2: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF PLANNING.- Planning and the State.- Agencies, Quangos and the European Union.- Lobbies and Interests.- Planners as Professionals.- Planning and the Market.- PART 3: PLANNING TODAY.- Land Use Planning.- Environmental Regulation.- Countryside Policy.- Regeneration and Conservation.- PART 4: ASSESSING PLANNING.- The Impact of Planning: Assessing the Process.- Conclusion: Planning for the Future.