New York
Jill S. Gross and H. V. Savitch
£26.99
About this book
As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges.
This book explores the tensions, complexities and difficulties in mobilizing policy agendas in London, but it also argues that public policy still matters and makes a significant difference to outcomes. The authors show how the market-led development of London has meant that the state supports more private-sector-led governance and this has given rise to widespread privatization of the city’s decision-making processes and policy implementation. As a key command and control centre in the global economy, London’s privatized model has become one for other megacities to emulate.
Reviews
This book brings together public regulation and property market activity under the lens of urban planning, providing fresh data, sharp observations and meticulous research. A must-read to understand what shapes new residential landscapes in global cities like London today beyond property market crises.
Table of contents
1. Planning challenges and the emergence of a london model
2. Public regulation and planning for the global city
3. Private regulation, governance, and the rise of the para-state capital
4. Governing the financing and funding of the london model
5. London’s housing crisis and emergence of new residential landscapes
6. Tall buildings and the built environment
7. Major infrastructure projects: the building of the Thames Tideway Tunnel and Crossrail
8. People, diversity and community
9. Challenging the para-state: political representation, community politics, and the right to regulate
10. Risks, resilience and failure: what next for the london model?
