Social Town Planning
Subtitle: Planning and Social Policy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 8, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780415172400
First sentence: nowadays one is more likely to find that 'space' (the physical layout) is seen as a secondary consideration in some branches of social town planning, and greater emphasis is put upon 'spatial' (social) urban policy in respect of health, sustain-ability, inner-city regeneration, and community empowerment. But many would still argue that 'space matters' (McDowell, 1997), especially for women seeking to negotiate the city of man, and the disabled whose urban mobility and access is limited by unnecessary steps and poor design.