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Race, equality, and planning : policies and procedures

Title
Race, equality, and planning : policies and procedures / edited by Huw Thomas, Vijay Krishnarayan.
Publication
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Avebury, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Huw, 1954-
  • Krishnarayan, Vijay.
Description
x, 200 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  • This book brings together research findings and case studies of the ways in which the planning system relates to the needs and aspirations of black and ethnic minorities. Discussions of procedural innovations (such as monitoring) are complemented by analyses of the actual way planning and urban policy affects black and ethnic minority communities. A final chapter provides an instructive comparison with the contemporary position in Canada.
  • The book will be of interest to a professional and academic audience in planning and social policy.
Subject
  • City planning > Great Britain
  • Minorities > Housing > Great Britain
  • Discrimination in housing > Great Britain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Introduction: securing a fair planning system for Britain's ethnic minorities / Huw Thomas and Vijay Krishnarayan -- 2. Monitoring and race equality in planning / Franklin Riley -- 3. Involving black people in policy formation / Dexter duBoulay -- 4. Ethnic minorities and planning in rural England: the experience of Wycombe District Council / Colin Chapman -- 5. Race and planning in Sheffield / Yunus Ahmed and Christine Booth -- 6. The role of the voluntary sector as a vehicle for the aspirations of Britain's black community within the planning system / Vijay Krishnarayan -- 7. Hot food take-aways, ethnic minorities and planning control / Huw Thomas -- 8. The planner and the gypsy / Robert Home -- 9. Development control and Asian communities - a case study / Eric Woulds -- 10. Race, urban policy and urban problems: a critique on current UK practice / Ian Munt -- 11. Urban planning and multiculturalism in Ontario, Canada / Mohammad Qadeer.
ISBN
1856284867
LCCN
94231262
OCLC
  • 31711788
  • ocm31711788
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries