Town and Country Planning (2nd ed.)

This 1943second edition of <i>Town and Country Planning</i> is fully revisedfrom the 1933 first edition; it may perhaps still reflect the optimism of theearly 1930s, but the political and economic forces of the Second World Warunavoidably influence the text. Patrick Abercrombie's study employsillustrative examples from ancient and modern settlements; surveys and developsthe theory of civic planning; and considers the formation and future of theEnglish countryside.