London's Turning The Making of Thames Gateway |
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Author:
| Rustin, Michael J. |
Editor:
| Cohen, Philip |
Series title: | Design and the Built Environment Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7546-7063-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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The Thames Gateway plan is the largest and most complex project of urban regeneration ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, but at the same time, it uses the plan as a lens through which to look at a series of important questions of social theory, urban policy and governmental practice. It appraises the immediate and longer term prospects for the Thames Gateway project both in relation to the...
More DescriptionThe Thames Gateway plan is the largest and most complex project of urban regeneration ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, but at the same time, it uses the plan as a lens through which to look at a series of important questions of social theory, urban policy and governmental practice. It appraises the immediate and longer term prospects for the Thames Gateway project both in relation to the 'Olympics effect' and the growth of new forms of regionalism.