At Home with Town & Country
At Home with Town & Country

Author: Sarah Medford

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781588169884

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At Home with Town & Country opens the doors to 30 distinctive dwellings, providing rare glimpses of lives being lived in sleek urban showplaces and luxurious rural retreats alike. These remarkable homes, lavishly photographed, include Tadao Ando's avant-garde dwelling for the Benetton family in northern Italy; Chatsworth, the 400-year-old ancestral seat of the Dukes of Devonshire; Ralph and Ricky Lauren's 1920s-era family estate in Bedford, New York; and Spike and Tonya Lee's historic Manhattan townhouse.

Town and Country Planning in the UK
Town and Country Planning in the UK

Author: Barry Cullingworth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1134603029

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Town and Country Planning in the UK has become the Bible of British planning. In this new edition detailed consideration is given to: * the nature of planning and its historical evolution * central and local government, the EU and other agencies * the framework of plans and other instruments * development control * land policy and planning gain * environmental and countryside planning * sustainable development, waste and pollution * heritage and transport planning * urban policies and regeneration This twelfth edition has been completely revised and expanded to cover the whole of the UK. The new edition explains more fully the planning policies and actions of the European Union and takes into account the implications of local government reorganization, the 'plan-led system' and the growing interest in promoting sustainable development.

Social Change in Town and Country in Eleventh-century Byzantium
Social Change in Town and Country in Eleventh-century Byzantium

Author: James Howard-Johnston

Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0198841612

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The eleventh century saw both the heyday of Byzantium and its almost immediate subsequent decline following serious military defeats and heavy territorial losses. The papers in this volume view the social order as a prime determinant of change, tracking it through archaeological and documentary evidence to deepen our understanding of the period.

Land Use and Town and Country Planning
Land Use and Town and Country Planning

Author: J. T. Coppock

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-04-20

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1483150224

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Land Use and Town and Country Planning is a 14-chapter text that provides statistical data on human land use and town and country planning, with particular emphasis on the Great Britain land statistics. The opening chapters deal with the concepts of land and land use, measurement, and the adoption of the metric system. The succeeding chapters are devoted to land statistics for agriculture, forestry, recreation, conservation and amenity, and other rural land uses. These topics are followed by discussions of urban land estimates and use, as well as land utilization surveys. The final chapters describe the potential of maps, air photography, and improvements in land-use records. This book will prove useful to workers and researchers in the general field of planning.

Town and Country Planning
Town and Country Planning

Author: Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 1943-01-01

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1837648026

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This 1943 second edition of Town and Country Planning employs illustrative examples from ancient and modern settlements; surveys and develops the theory of civic planning; and considers the formation and future of the English countryside.

The Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e
The Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e

Author: Adam Sheppard

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2019-03-13

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1447344448

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The fully updated Short Guide to Town and Country Planning provides a concise introductory overview of the practice of planning for those with little or no prior knowledge. This second edition considers who planners are and what they do, showing how planning – as an art, science and system – has evolved as an organised action of the state. The book discusses the planning system, processes, legal constructs and approaches, taking into account the recent regulatory changes within the UK nations. Restructured to improve readability, it explores the interactions of government and society with the planning system, and the relationship between urban planning, the environment and placemaking. It encourages the reader to adopt a reflective and inquisitive outlook, and features: • case study boxes; • further reading and resources; • guidance on the recent policy and system updates, including those through devolution.