Table of Contents

1. Planning, planners and plans 2. The origins: Urban growth from 1800 to 1940 3. The Seers: Pioneer thinkers in urban planning, from 1880 to 1945 4. The creation of the postwar planning machine, from 1940 to 1952 5. National/Regional planning from 1945 to 2000 6. Planning for cities and city regions from 1945 to 2000 7. Planning in Western Europe since 1945 8. Planning in the United States since 1945 9. The planning process Index

About the Author

Sir Peter Hall is Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London and Director of the Institute of Community Studies. He is the author of over 30 books on urban development and planning and was a member of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force.