Regenerating town centres / Richard Evans.

Main entry:

Evans, Richard, 1956-

Title & Author:

Regenerating town centres / Richard Evans.

Publication:

Manchester [England] ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Description:

174 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.
Ch. 1. Defining town centres -- Ch. 2. The retail revolution -- Ch. 3. Choking to death -- Ch. 4. Offices -- from boom to bust? -- Ch. 5. The deterioration of the public realm -- Ch. 6. Who shapes town centres? -- Ch. 7. Public policy -- for better, for worse? -- Ch. 8. Improving town centres' survival prospects -- App. 1. Methodological problems in classifying centres and measuring their viability and vitality -- App. 2. Ingredients for creating attractive town centres.

Summary:

In this timely study Richard Evans critically examines the state of British town centres analysing the threats to their existence, the interests shaping their destiny and the prospects for their regeneration. The book begins by charting the evolution of town centres, asking what they are for and whether they still matter. The appearance of our towns is shown to have been transformed by retail, transport, commercial and cultural trends. The final and conclusive part of the book looks at who dominates the relationship between producers and users of towns, and the impact of public policy. Regenerating town centres ends with a survival strategy for the High Street in contemporary Britain.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0719047188 (hardback)
9780719047183 (hardback)

Subject:

Urban renewal Great Britain.
Cities and towns Great Britain.
Urban policy Great Britain.
City planning Great Britain.
Rénovation urbaine Grande-Bretagne.
Centres-villes Grande-Bretagne.
Politique urbaine Grande-Bretagne.
Urbanisme Grande-Bretagne.
Villes Grande-Bretagne.
Cities and towns
City planning
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Innenstadt
Stadtplanung
Stadtsanierung
Stadsplanning.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191647
Call No.: ID HT178.G7E92; ID:97-B2645
Status: Available

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