Towards an urban renaissance : final report of the Urban Task Force chaired by Lord Rogers of riverside. (Record no. 34521)
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| International Standard Book Number | 185112165X |
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| Classification number | 711.4 |
| Item number | U.T.F |
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| Personal name | Urban Task Force |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Towards an urban renaissance : final report of the Urban Task Force chaired by Lord Rogers of riverside. |
| Medium | Book |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Spon Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 328p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | CONTENTS PART ONE: THE SUSTAINABLE CITY 1A TIME FOR CHANGE 25 THE URBAN LEGACY . .26 THE DRIVERS OF CHANGE . .27 The information age .. .27 The ecological imperative .28 Changing lifestyles .28 UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH CONTEXT . .29 The economic context . .32 The social context .34 The environmental context .. .36 CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE . .38 Achieving design excellence . .39 Creating economic strength .. .42 Taking environmental responsibility .42 Investing in urban government .43 Prioritising social well-being .. .45 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .46 2DESIGNING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 49 REGAINING OUR URBAN TRADITION . .50 A process of fragmentation .. .50 Architecture and urban design .50 THE COMPACT AND WELL-CONNECTED CITY .54 THE PUBLIC REALM. A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY .. .56 Creating a network of public spaces .56 Achieving urban integration .. .57 Towards a public realm strategy .59 DENSITY AND INTENSIFICATION .59 Defining density ..- .. .59 Density and design .. .60 Creating pyramids of intensity .64 GETTING THE RIGHT MIX .. .64 Mixing uses ..- . .64 Mixing households .65 RAISING THE QUALITY OF NEW HOUSING .. .67 Long-life, loose-fit, low energy buildings .. .67 Improving environmental performance .. .68 DEFINING SUCCESS: KEY PRINCIPLES OF URBAN DESIGN .70 IMPROVING THE DESIGN PROCESS: THE SPATIAL MASTERPLAN .73 PROCURING EXCELLENCE IN URBAN DESIGN .75 Development briefs .. .75 Design competitions .. .77 DEVELOPING A NATIONAL URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK .80 The role of government .. .80 Promoting public involvement .81 IN SUMMARY ..- .83 3 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 87 CREATING SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT PATTERNS . .88 The planning system: setting the tone .. .88 Getting the connections right . .90 Streets as places ..- .. .91 CREATING A NEW SET OF TRAVEL CHOICES .95 Prioritising walking and cycling .95 Improving public transport .. .97 Reducing car use .101 PARKING ..- .. .104 Planning residential parking provision .. .104 Planning non-residential parking provision .105 Car parking charges .. .106 IN SUMMARY ..- 107 PART TWO: MAKING TOWNS AND CITIES WORK 4 MANAGING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 113 THE STATE OF OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT 114 URBAN MANAGEMENT: ESTABLISHING THE PROBLEM AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS 116 Management and maintenance services: a case of under-investment .116 Securing strategic responsibility .117 The need for clear and transparent management responsibility .117 Town centres: a management priority .. .120 Council estates and urban management . .122 Community-based neighbourhood management .122 Developing upstream solutions .125 Crime prevention and community safety . .126 The need to know whether management is making a difference .. .128 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .129 DELIVERING URBAN REGENERATION 133 LEARNING THE LESSONS OF THE PAST.. 134 DEVELOPING A COHERENT URBAN REGENERATION POLICY .. 138 Integrating national and regional policy objectives .138 Enhancing the strategic role of local government .139 CONCENTRATING OUR REGENERATION EFFORTS 140 The case for a targeted approach .140 The case for designating Urban Priority Areas .. .142 How would the designations work? .143 The special regeneration needs of council housing areas .. .144 Prioritising aftercare .. .146 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP .147 Urban Regeneration Companies .147 Housing Regeneration Companies .152 Area regeneration committees .153 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .153 6INVESTING IN SKILLS AND INNOVATION 157 URBAN DEVELOPMENT SKILLS: WHERE DO THE GAPS LIE? .158 Core skills and employment needs .158 Strengthening the enabling role of government .159 The changing needs of the development industry .159 Building capacity to enable community participation .. .160 EXISTING SKILLS PROVISION .161 Academic and professional qualifications .161 Continuing professional development .. .162 CREATING A SKILLS IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY .. .164 The role of education and professional institutions .. .164 Regional Resource Centres for Urban Development .. .164 The international dimension . .167 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .168 PART THREE: MAKING THE MOST OF OUR URBAN ASSETS 7 TAKING STOCK OF THE HOUSING REQUIREMENT 173 THE NATIONAL TARGET FOR HOUSING ON RECYCLED LAND . 174 Refining the target.. .174 Compiling the evidence .175 THE SUPPLY OF PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED LAND AND EMPTY BUILDINGS 179 Existing supply of land and buildings .. .180 Projected supply of land and buildings .. .183 DELIVERING LAND AND BUILDINGS FOR NEW HOUSING 184 Housebuilding patterns .184 Urban greenfields .186 Existing greenfield allocations .186 Density of new residential development . .187 SUMMARISING THE RESULTS 187 8 PLANNING FOR CHANGE 191 PLANNING FOR AN URBAN RENAISSANCE . 192 National planning guidance .. .192 Regional planning guidance . .194 STREAMLINING THE PLANNING SYSTEM .. 195 Moving to more strategic development plans .. .195 Streamlining planning decisions .197 Implementation teams .199 Reducing planning regulation .199 MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN 199 Area implementation planning .199 Tackling outdated zoning .202 Facilitating mixed uses .202 Making better use of planning obligations and planning gain . .204 Securing mixed income housing .204 Getting support from above . .206 IN SUMMARY ..- ..206 Regional Resource Centres for Urban Development .. .164 The international dimension . .167 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .168 PART THREE: MAKING THE MOST OF OUR URBAN ASSETS 7 TAKING STOCK OF THE HOUSING REQUIREMENT 173 THE NATIONAL TARGET FOR HOUSING ON RECYCLED LAND . 174 Refining the target .. .174 Compiling the evidence .175 THE SUPPLY OF PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED LAND AND EMPTY BUILDINGS 179 Existing supply of land and buildings .. .180 Projected supply of land and buildings .. .183 DELIVERING LAND AND BUILDINGS FOR NEW HOUSING 184 Housebuilding patterns .184 Urban greenfields .186 Existing greenfield allocations .186 Density of new residential development . .187 SUMMARISING THE RESULTS 187 8 PLANNING FOR CHANGE 191 PLANNING FOR AN URBAN RENAISSANCE . 192 National planning guidance .. .192 Regional planning guidance . .194 STREAMLINING THE PLANNING SYSTEM .. 195 Moving to more strategic development plans .. .195 Streamlining planning decisions .197 Implementation teams .199 Reducing planning regulation .199 MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN 199 Area implementation planning .199 Tackling outdated zoning .202 Facilitating mixed uses .202 Making better use of planning obligations and planning gain . .204 Securing mixed income housing .204 Getting support from above . .206 IN SUMMARY ..- ..206 IMANAGING THE LAND SUPPLY 211 PLANNING AHEAD .. .212 The work of the Regional Planning Bodies .212 Plan, monitor and manage: what should it mean in practice? .213 Urban capacity studies .213 The sequential approach and the phasing of land release .. .214 Countering the over-release of greenfield land . .217 The Green Belt and linking development .218 Releasing under-used public land assets . .219 APPLYING ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS 221 Greenfield tax ..- .221 Environmental impact fees .. .221 LAND ASSEMBLY: STRENGTHENING THE OPTIONS .223 Reflecting the costs of holding vacant land and buildings .. .224 Facilitating private development .226 Easing negotiated public acquisitions .. .227 Increasing financial resources .228 COMPULSORY PURCHASE: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 228 Bureaucracy ..- .228 Powers ..- .. .229 Skills ..- .231 Compensation ..- 231 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .232 10 CLEANING UP THE LAND 237 UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM 238 A barrier to development .. .238 Learning from abroad . .238 MANAGING THE RISK .240 Establishing the priorities .. .240 Regulating environmental protection in respect of contaminated sites .. .240 Managing development risk: the case for a new national framework .242 Covering the development risk .243 PROMOTING THE POSSIBILITIES 244 Education ..- .. .244 Research ..- .. .244 Prevention ..- . .245 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .245 11 RECYCLING THE BUILDINGS 249 TAKING THE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES .. 250 Empty property strategies .. .250 Unpopular areas and low housing demand .250 Historic buildings and neighbourhoods .. .251 The upper rooms .253 ADDRESSING THE CONSTRAINTS.. 255 Value Added Tax ..- .. .255 Local taxation ..- .255 THE RENAISSANCE FUND . 256 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .257 PART FOUR. MAKING THE INVESTMENT 12 ATTRACTING PRIVATE INVESTMENT 263 URBAN PROPERTY INVESTMENT 264 Understanding existing patterns .264 Prospects for change . .265 Criteria for intervention .266 NEW FUNDING STRUCTURES 266 Joint public-private long term investment funds .266 Regional companies and debenture issues .268 Private finance applications to deliver mixed development projects . .268 The private rented housing sector: introducing the REIT-petite .269 FISCAL MEASURES . 272 Stimulating supply .. .273 Stimulating demand .. .274 Testing the measures: the potential contribution .276 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .276 13 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT 279 MAKING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND ASSETS WORK HARDER 280 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 282 Revenue expenditure . .282 Capital funding ..- .. .284 Raising additional local revenue .285 THE GOVERNMENT'S REGENERATION PROGRAMMES .. .286 The big numbers .286 Programme management 287 The European dimension .. .291 The impact of the National Lottery .292 PUBLIC HOUSING INVESTMENT .293 A legacy of under-investment .293 Future investment in social housing .293 Private sector renewal .295 Overcoming social segregation .296 IN SUMMARY ..- .. .297 PART FIVE: SUSTAINING THE RENAISSANCE 114 SUSTAINING THE RENAISSANCE * 303 RECYCLED LAND: THE URBAN OPPORTUNITY .. .304 A NEW POLITICAL FRAMEWORK .307 The Urban White Paper .307 The Urban Policy Board .307 Regional and local apparatus . .307 New roles and responsibilities .308 The 'State of the Towns and Cities' Report .308 Parliamentary accountability . .309 COMMUNICATING SUCCESS .309 LOOKING FORWARD .310 I |
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| Country | India |
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| Topic | FA |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 12/04/2007 | Astha Book Agency | 3149.85 | 2 | 1 | 711.4 U.T.F | 000667 | 25/03/2020 | 11/03/2020 | 11/03/2020 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:007 |