YVONNE RYDIN is Reader in Environmental Planning, London School of Economics.

Reviews of previous editions 'Clear in structure, presentation and writing an essential text book which is both informative and provocative.' - Peter Booth, Space & Polity '[P]ossibly the most useful introductory text to the UK planning system in what has become a more crowded market. Where [it] scores over other works, however, is in the introduction to various theoretical contributions and... of the relations inherent in complex policy systems. This book possesses a dynamic which many of its competitors - often with dryer, more procedural approaches - fail to achieve.' - G. Vigar, Environment and Planning

• IntroductionPART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORYEstablishing the Planning SystemPostwar Planning: Consensus and CrisisThe Impact of ThatcherismTowards the Third Way in PlanningPART 2: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF PLANNINGPlanning and the StateAgencies, Quangos and the European UnionLobbies and InterestsPlanners as ProfessionalsPlanning and the MarketPART 3: PLANNING TODAYLand Use PlanningEnvironmental RegulationCountryside PolicyRegeneration and ConservationPART 4: ASSESSING PLANNINGThe Impact of Planning: Assessing the ProcessConclusion: Planning for the Future.

YVONNE RYDIN is Reader in Environmental Planning, London School of Economics.

Reviews of previous editions 'Clear in structure, presentation and writing an essential text book which is both informative and provocative.' - Peter Booth, Space & Polity '[P]ossibly the most useful introductory text to the UK planning system in what has become a more crowded market. Where [it] scores over other works, however, is in the introduction to various theoretical contributions and... of the relations inherent in complex policy systems. This book possesses a dynamic which many of its competitors - often with dryer, more procedural approaches - fail to achieve.' - G. Vigar, Environment and Planning

• IntroductionPART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORYEstablishing the Planning SystemPostwar Planning: Consensus and CrisisThe Impact of ThatcherismTowards the Third Way in PlanningPART 2: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF PLANNINGPlanning and the StateAgencies, Quangos and the European UnionLobbies and InterestsPlanners as ProfessionalsPlanning and the MarketPART 3: PLANNING TODAYLand Use PlanningEnvironmental RegulationCountryside PolicyRegeneration and ConservationPART 4: ASSESSING PLANNINGThe Impact of Planning: Assessing the ProcessConclusion: Planning for the Future.

YVONNE RYDIN is Reader in Environmental Planning, London School of Economics.

Reviews of previous editions 'Clear in structure, presentation and writing an essential text book which is both informative and provocative.' - Peter Booth, Space & Polity '[P]ossibly the most useful introductory text to the UK planning system in what has become a more crowded market. Where [it] scores over other works, however, is in the introduction to various theoretical contributions and... of the relations inherent in complex policy systems. This book possesses a dynamic which many of its competitors - often with dryer, more procedural approaches - fail to achieve.' - G. Vigar, Environment and Planning

• IntroductionPART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING POLICY AND THEORYEstablishing the Planning SystemPostwar Planning: Consensus and CrisisThe Impact of ThatcherismTowards the Third Way in PlanningPART 2: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF PLANNINGPlanning and the StateAgencies, Quangos and the European UnionLobbies and InterestsPlanners as ProfessionalsPlanning and the MarketPART 3: PLANNING TODAYLand Use PlanningEnvironmental RegulationCountryside PolicyRegeneration and ConservationPART 4: ASSESSING PLANNINGThe Impact of Planning: Assessing the ProcessConclusion: Planning for the Future.