PLANNING BIBLIOGRAPHY

. Buchanan, Colin. Traffic in Towns. Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963. ISBN 0 11 550316 1
By 1963 the amount of private motor traffic had increased to the point where it was recognised as a problem. The Ministry of Transport appointed a steering group to investigate the problem and this was their report. It effectively set out planning methodology for a generation.

. Cahill, Kevin Who Owns Britain: The hidden facts behind landownership in the UK and Ireland. Canongate 2001. isbn 1 84195 310 5

. Cahill, Kevin Who Owns The World: The hidden facts behind landownership mainstream publishing 2006. isbn 9781845961589

. Danziger,Danny & Gillingham, John 1215: The Year of Magna Carta Hodder & Stoughton 2003. isbn 0 340 82474 3
This extremely readable book gives the context in which Magna Carta came into being and gives a translation of the entire Charter. The Magna Carta remains a milestone in the development of land law.

. McKay, David H.& Cox Andrew W. The Politics of Urban Change.< Croom Helm 1979. isbn 0-85664-847-7

. Hall, Peter. Great Planning Disasters. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1980.
Includes chapters on London's third airport and London's motorways.

. Hillman, Judy (Edited by). Planning for London. pub by Penguin 1971. Essays by various authors on various topics Contemporary with the Public Planning Enguiry into the GLC Greater London Plan

. Howard, Ebenezer. Garden Cities of To-Morrow. Faber 1946.
Seminal early work heralding the "walkable city" long before the term was invented.

. Jacobs, Jane. The death and life of great American cities: The failure of town planning. Random House (USA) 1961, Jonathan Cape 1962, Pelican Books 1965.
Essential reading for those concerned with the concept of a "sustainable community".

. Malthus, T.R. An Essay on the Principle of Population. Pub Oxford University Press: World's Classics 1993 ISBN 0-19-283096-1
Seminal Work. Theory outdated? but still a significant concept.

. Newman, Oscar. Defensible Space: People and Design in the Violent City. Architectural Press 1972
Standard work on the subject. Perhaps it owes much to Jane Jacobs.

. Sherlock, Harley. Cities are good for us: The case for close-knit communities, local shops and public transport. Paladin 1991
Sets out the case for higher densities but shows how that does not necessitate the use of tower blocks.

. Wales, HRH The Prince of. A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture. Doubleday 1989
Enlarges upon the Carbuncle statements directed at the contemporary architecture of the late 1980s and set the scene for the subsequent development of Poundbury.

. Ward, Colin Ed. Vandalism: People and Design in the Violent City. Architectural Press 1973
Companion to "Defensible Space".

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) A campaigner's guide. Pub. Friends of the earth october 2005


Planning Practice Standard: Environmental Impact Assessment The Royal Town Planning Institute May 2001