Spatial planning systems of Britain and France
Subtitle: a comparative analysis
By: Philip Booth ... [et al.].
Contributors: Booth, Philip, 1946-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, OX; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415429511
Subjects: City planning -- Great Britain; City planning -- France; Urban policy -- Great Britain; Urban policy -- France; Regional planning -- Great Britain; Regional planning -- France
Description: Drawing on the outcomes of the Franco-British Planning Study Group, this book highlights the fundamental similarities and differences between spatial planning in Great Britain and France. Chapters offer a comparative investigation of the basic contexts for planning in both countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The purpose and process of comparing British and French planning / Michèle Breuillard and Charles Fraser; title: Contemporary urban and regional changes and policy problems / Stuart Farthing and Jean-Paul Carrière; title: Land law, land markets, and planning / Matthieu Galey and Philip Booth; title: Institutional frameworks and planning processes / Michèle Breuillard, Richard Stevenson, and Stéphane Sadoux; title: Actors and instruments for planning / Philip Booth, Suzy Nelson, and Didier Paris; title: Strategic spatial planning at the metropolitan level : the cases of Manchester and Lyon / Roelof Verhage, Mark Baker, and Paul Boino; title: The European spatial development perspective and British and French spatial planning / Alain Motte and Olivier Sykes; title: Policy for small towns in rural areas / Jean-Paul Carrière, Stuart Farthing, and Marie Fournier; title: The evolution of urban policy / Gay Fraser and Florence Lerique; title: Financing development / Charles Fraser and Pascal Hoffmann; title: Public private partnerships in urban regeneration / Hichem Trache, Howard Green, and Florence Menez; title: Public transport in cities and regions : facing an uncertain future / Reg Harman, Alain l'Hostis, and Philipe Ménerault; title: So near yet so far / Michèle Breuillard and Charles Fraser.