Strategic Planning in London (eBook)

The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network

Douglas A. Hart (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
252 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-5548-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Strategic Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network examines the relationship between order and change in the urban planning process. Focusing on the planning of Greater London during 1943 to 1973, the book describes how strategic road planning and urban order has changed over this period. The text analyzes why the large-scale planning of high-speed major roads in Greater London has failed. Chapter 1 examines traditional master planning and disjointed incrementalism and outlines a conceptual model based on an iterative approach to urban planning. Chapter 2 considers the way in which traffic congestion in Greater London was defined in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chapter 3 and 4 describes Abercombrie-Buchanan approach to highway and urban and planning. Chapter 5 points out the ways in which the concept of traffic congestion was broadened in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Finally, Chapter 6 focuses on the control mechanisms used in the planning period from 1943 to 1973. This book will be of interest to engineers who are seeking a comprehensive analysis of strategic planning.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Strategie Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network 5
Copyright Page 6
Table of Contents 9
Dedication 7
Abstract 12
Acknowledgements 13
Abbreviations used in the Text 15
Introduction 16
CHAPTER 1. Ordering Change: Planning as an Iterative Process 20
ORDERING CHANGE 20
ITERATIVE PLANNING 26
THE CONCEPT OF PROCESS IN PLANNING 29
ITERATIVE PLANNING AND DISJOINTED INCREMENTALISM 36
AN EXAMPLE OF ITERATIVE PLANNING—STRATEGIC ROAD PLANNING IN GREATER LONDON 38
CHAPTER 2. Framing the Problem: Traffic Growth, Town Planning and the Creation of the Greater London Council 40
LONDON'S TRAFFIC PROBLEM 40
MOUNTING PRESSURE 44
TRAFFIC AND TOWN PLANNING IN GREATER LONDON 49
LACK OF ADMINISTRATIVE CO-ORDINATION 55
OPPORTUNITY FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING—THE CREATION OF THE GLC 58
CHAPTER 3. Constructing a Solution: A Planning Prescription for Physically Controlling London's Traffic 68
ABERCROMBIE'S THREE LONDONS—AN ORGANIC VIEW 68
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM: PHYSICALLY CANALIZING TRAFFIC 80
ABERCROMBIE'S GEOMETRY 86
RECAPITULATION 98
THE BUCHANAN APPROACH 102
TRADITIONAL PLANNING AND THE TRIPP CONNECTION 108
CHAPTER 4. Unwrapping the Box: Ringway One and the Planning of the Primary Road Network 117
LONDON'S LONG-TERM STRATEGY: THE CONTINUING TRAFFIC COMMITMENT 117
CHANGING THE ORDER OF PRIORITY 120
REINFORCING —AND NARROWING — THE MAIN ROAD COMPONENT 126
THE LONDON TRAFFIC SURVEY AND ITS INITIAL ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT 132
UNWRAPPING THE BOX 136
THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE PRIMARY ROAD NETWORK 142
CHAPTER 5. Widening the Movement Planning Process: The Fall of the Primary Road Network 157
REDEFINING THE PROBLEM 157
WIDENING THE MOVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS 166
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION 171
ANALYSING THE PLAN—THE GLDP INQUIRY 175
THE FALL OF THE PRIMARY ROAD NETWORK 182
CHAPTER 6. Ordering Change and Changing Orders: an Analysis of the Planning Process in Greater London 191
CHANGING ORDERS IN THE CAPITAL 191
COHESIVE POLICY: EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS 197
FACTORED POLICY: EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS 201
DIFFUSED POLICY: EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS 207
POLICY MODE INTERACTION 210
SOME LESSONS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING 215
Bibliography 222
Index 240

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-5548-X / 148315548X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-5548-7 / 9781483155487