Publisher's Synopsis
The broad changes in the activities and status of British post-war town planning are widely recognised. Yet the way in which it has changed in relation to general economic pressures remains poorly investigated, and the mechanisms of this change little understood. Peter Hobbs provides an explanation of the major forces which have driven changes in the priorities and concerns of British town planning. A conceptual framework developed which explicitly and systematically relates planning to the economic context in which it operates. The framework is examined through a study of national town planning and, through the cases of Coventry and Basingstoke, local town planning in the varying economic conditions of post-war Britain.
