Good Cities, Better Lives Hall Peter
Good Cities, Better Lives Hall Peter This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? And, in turn, can we…
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Good Cities, Better Lives Hall Peter
This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? And, in turn, can we provide lessons for other countries facing similar dilemmas?Urban Britain is not functioning as it should. What can we learn from other countries, especially our near neighbours in Europe?
Efforts to generate growth, and spread it to the poorer areas of cities, have failed dismally. Social inequalities and regional disparities show little sign of going away. Much new urban development and redevelopment is not up to standard.
Yet there are cities in mainland Europe, which have set new standards of high-quality sustainable urban development. This book looks at these best-practice examples - in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Scandinavia, - and suggests ways in which the UK and other countries could do the