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Conservation and the City
It is a widely held belief that cities must change, or they will wither and die. One of the key problems of urbanization is how to cope with these changes while retaining the structures constructed and maintained by previous generations.
Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activites of conservation interact with the planning system. Using detailed case studies from Britain and the Westernized world, the author examines some of the key social, economic and psychological ideas which support conservation, as well as studying the urban landscape and the agents of change.
Conservation and the City seeks to understand urban conservation, and in doing so presents possible solutions for managing change in the built environment of the future.
Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activites of conservation interact with the planning system. Using detailed case studies from Britain and the Westernized world, the author examines some of the key social, economic and psychological ideas which support conservation, as well as studying the urban landscape and the agents of change.
Conservation and the City seeks to understand urban conservation, and in doing so presents possible solutions for managing change in the built environment of the future.
348 pages, Paperback
First published July 4, 1996
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About the author
Peter J. Larkham
11 books2 followersDr. Peter Larkham is Professor of Planning in the School of the Built Environment at Birmingham City Univesity, Birmingham, England.
Following a PhD in urban geography, Peter remained for several years at the University of Birmingham working on projects funded by the Leverhulme Trust and British Academy, before coming to the (then) Birmingham Polytechnic in 1991. He is now Professor of Planning in the Birmingham School of the Built Environment.
Peter has published over 65 refereed journal papers, written and edited several books, and presented numerous papers at conferences in the UK and worldwide. His most recent book is Alternative visions of post-war reconstruction (edited with John Pendlebury and Erdem Erten) and Shapers of urban form (edited with Michael Conzen), both published by Routledge in 2014).
Peter is also Director of Research Degrees for the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. He has examined over 25 PhDs and chaired 14 vivas. He is now working with the UK Council for Graduate Education's working group on the "Quality and reputation of the UK doctorate".
Following a PhD in urban geography, Peter remained for several years at the University of Birmingham working on projects funded by the Leverhulme Trust and British Academy, before coming to the (then) Birmingham Polytechnic in 1991. He is now Professor of Planning in the Birmingham School of the Built Environment.
Peter has published over 65 refereed journal papers, written and edited several books, and presented numerous papers at conferences in the UK and worldwide. His most recent book is Alternative visions of post-war reconstruction (edited with John Pendlebury and Erdem Erten) and Shapers of urban form (edited with Michael Conzen), both published by Routledge in 2014).
Peter is also Director of Research Degrees for the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. He has examined over 25 PhDs and chaired 14 vivas. He is now working with the UK Council for Graduate Education's working group on the "Quality and reputation of the UK doctorate".
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