How to save our town centres

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2393-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Has the age of the internet killed our high streets? Have our town and city centres become obsolete?
How to Save Our Town Centres delves below the surface of empty buildings and ‘shop local’ campaigns to focus on the real issues: how the relationship between people and places is changing; how business is done and who benefits; and how the use and ownership of land affects us all.
Written in an engaging and accessible style and illustrated with numerous original interviews, the book sets out a comprehensive and coherent agenda for long-term, citizen-led change. It will be a valuable resource for policymakers and researchers in planning, architecture and the built environment, economic development and community participation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dobson, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Einzel- und Großhandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Today
It took a riot;
Thanks for the memories;
To market, to market;
Lost in the supermarket;
Declaring independence;
Part Two: Tomorrow
Raise a glass to the new economy;
The unexpected buzz in the library;
The space in between;
A place to live;
Reclaiming the land;
If we had a little money;
From ‘me’ towns to ‘we’ towns.

Über Autor(innen)

Dobson, Julian
Director, Urban Pollinators