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• Front Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• One: Why plan?
• How towns and cities grow and change
• Why towns and cities can’t be left to themselves
• The role of planning
• How planning works
• The rest of the book
• Two: The big picture
• Producing a plan
• Planning and land uses
• The importance of infrastructure
• The limits to spatial planning
• Three: Somewhere to lay my hat
• The need for housebuilding
• The amount of housebuilding
• The location of housebuilding
• The implications for the planning system
• Planning and affordable housing
• Four: Downtown
• The roots of urban decline
• Modernist urban regeneration
• Urban regeneration and urban communities
• Urban regeneration and the private sector
• The revival of the case for demolition
• Five: This green and pleasant land
• The desirability of conservation
• Conserving our built heritage
• Conserving landscapes and habitats
• Conservation and the market
• Six: Not in my back yard
• The causes of NIMBYism
• NIMBYism and the public interest
• Engaging communities
• The role of local elected politicians
• Seven: My home is my castle
• The distinctiveness of home-based development
• Home and the neighbours
• Home and the neighbourhood
• Home and sustainability
• Eight: The good life
• Planning and market dynamics
• Planning and engagement with communities and stakeholders
• Planning and the clash of public and private interests
• Planning for sustainable towns and cities
• The purpose of planning
• Notes
• References