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Town and Country Planning in the UK provides one of the most authoritative and comprehensive accounts of British planning history, institutions, legislation, policies, processes and practices. This 16th edition has been substantially revised and re-organised to provide an up-to-date overview of the planning systems in the four nations of the UK, supported by analyses, interpretations, illustrations and examples from planning practice.The new edition features:details of the legislative and policy changes since 2015 and discussion of their implications, including the early stages of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, 2023discussion of environmental policies and programmes and the impact of Brexit on environmental regulatory landscape in Britainchanges to climate change and resilience policies, notably the government’s ‘Net Zero’ agenda and their implications for planningupdates to the substantive issues in plan-making, especially the responses to the shortage of affordable housing and the development of major infrastructurechanges to the processes involved in plan-making and development managementan expanded and revised chapter on design to include the growing significance of public health in the built environmentmajor revisions to the chapter on rural planningrevisions of the text on planning theory especially in relation to management of conflicts over the use and development of landextended discussion of politics, professionalism and participation in planningThe 16th edition of Town and Country Planning in the UK is an ideal starting point for those who are studying or working in the planning field, and for other professionals who need to locate their work in the planning context.

Town and Country Planning in the UK provides one of the most authoritative and comprehensive accounts of British planning history, institutions, legislation, policies, processes and practices. This 16th edition has been substantially revised and re-organised to provide an up-to-date overview of the planning systems in the four nations of the UK, supported by analyses, interpretations, illustrations and examples from planning practice.The new edition features:details of the legislative and policy changes since 2015 and discussion of their implications, including the early stages of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, 2023discussion of environmental policies and programmes and the impact of Brexit on environmental regulatory landscape in Britainchanges to climate change and resilience policies, notably the government’s ‘Net Zero’ agenda and their implications for planningupdates to the substantive issues in plan-making, especially the responses to the shortage of affordable housing and the development of major infrastructurechanges to the processes involved in plan-making and development managementan expanded and revised chapter on design to include the growing significance of public health in the built environmentmajor revisions to the chapter on rural planningrevisions of the text on planning theory especially in relation to management of conflicts over the use and development of landextended discussion of politics, professionalism and participation in planningThe 16th edition of Town and Country Planning in the UK is an ideal starting point for those who are studying or working in the planning field, and for other professionals who need to locate their work in the planning context.

The ways in which urban areas have evolved over the past 100 years have deeply influenced the lives of the communities that live in them. Some influences have been positive and, in the UK, people are healthier and live longer than ever before. However, other influences have contributed to health inequalities and poorer well-being for some in society. Today many people suffer as a consequence of ‘lifestyle diseases’, such as those associated with growing obesity rates and harmful consumption of alcohol. The threat of these health issues is so acute that life expectancy of future generations may begin to decline.Healthy Cities? explores the ways in which the development of the built environment has contributed to health and well-being problems and how the physical design of the places we live in may support, or constrain, healthy lifestyle choices. It sets out how understanding these relationships more fully may lead to policy and practice that reduces health inequalities, increases well-being and allows people to live more flourishing, fulfilling lives. It examines the consequences of ‘car orientated’ design,  the ‘toxic’ High Street, and poor quality, cramped housing; and the importance of nature in cities, and of initiatives such as community gardening, healthy food programmes and Park Run. It questions whether Heritage is always conducive to well-being and offers lessons from holistic and innovative programmes from the UK, North America and Australia which have successfully improved community and individual health and well-being.