Strategic Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road NetworkStrategic Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network examines the relationship between order and change in the urban planning process. Focusing on the planning of Greater London during 1943 to 1973, the book describes how strategic road planning and urban order has changed over this period. The text analyzes why the large-scale planning of high-speed major roads in Greater London has failed. Chapter 1 examines traditional master planning and disjointed incrementalism and outlines a conceptual model based on an iterative approach to urban planning. Chapter 2 considers the way in which traffic congestion in Greater London was defined in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chapter 3 and 4 describes Abercombrie-Buchanan approach to highway and urban and planning. Chapter 5 points out the ways in which the concept of traffic congestion was broadened in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Finally, Chapter 6 focuses on the control mechanisms used in the planning period from 1943 to 1973. This book will be of interest to engineers who are seeking a comprehensive analysis of strategic planning. |
Contents
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ITERATIVE PLANNING AND DISJOINTED INCREMENTALISM | 21 |
AN EXAMPLE OF ITERATIVE PLANNINGSTRATEGIC ROAD PLANNING IN GREATER LONDON | 23 |
Traffic Growth Town Planning and the Creation of the Greater London Council | 25 |
MOUNTING PRESSURE | 29 |
REINFORCING AND NARROWING THE MAIN ROAD COMPONENT | 111 |
THE LONDON TRAFFIC SURVEY AND ITS INITIAL ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT | 117 |
UNWRAPPING THE BOX | 121 |
THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE PRIMARY ROAD NETWORK | 127 |
The Fall of the Primary Road Network | 142 |
WIDENING THE MOVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS | 151 |
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION | 156 |
ANALYSING THE PLANTHE GLDP INQUIRY | 160 |
TRAFFIC AND TOWN PLANNING IN GREATER LONDON | 34 |
LACK OF ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION | 40 |
OPPORTUNITY FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNINGTHE CREATION OF THE GLC | 43 |
A Planning Prescription for Physically Controlling Londons Traffic | 53 |
PHYSICALLY CANALIZING TRAFFIC | 65 |
ABERCROMBIES GEOMETRY | 71 |
RECAPITULATION | 83 |
THE BUCHANAN APPROACH | 87 |
TRADITIONAL PLANNING AND THE TRIPP CONNECTION | 93 |
Ringway One and the Planning of the Primary Road Network | 102 |
CHANGING THE ORDER OF PRIORITY | 105 |
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Abercrombie Plans achieve administrative Alker Tripp approach argued attempt automobile basic British Rail British Road Federation Capital central area centre co-ordination Colin Buchanan complete components concept of urban concern construction continuing Country Planning County of London effect environment example functional GLC's Greater London Council Greater London Development Greater London Plan Green Belt hard planning highway HMSO important increase indicated initially Institute of Planners London Boroughs London Development Plan London Plan 1943 London Transport major Michael Thomson Ministry of Transport Motorway Box movement organic organizational Patrick Abercrombie physical planning process policy modes political Press Primary Road Network public transport put forward Raymond Unwin regard relationship Report ring and radial Ringway road pattern road proposals road system spatial suggested tion Town and Country Town Planning Institute Traffic in Towns traffic problem Tripp Unwin urban motorways urban order