Railways Urban Development And Town Planning In Britain 1948 2008

Download or read book Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008 written by Dr Russell Haywood and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century when the railway was in public ownership: 1948–94. It assesses the strength of the relationships when working in collaboration with the private sector. The book then focuses on the interplay between planning and railway since privatization in 1994 and points to best practice for the future in institutional structures and policy development to secure improved outcomes.