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Replanning the blitzed city centre : a comparative study of Bristol, Coventry, and Southampton, 1941-1950

Title
Replanning the blitzed city centre : a comparative study of Bristol, Coventry, and Southampton, 1941-1950 / Junichi Hasegawa.
Author
Hasegawa, Junichi, 1961-
Publication
Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1992.

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Description
xii, 179 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Examines the replanning in the 1940s of Britain's blitzed city centres, this book traces how consensus was sought and achieved with regard to the city plans of Bristol, Coventry and Southampton and places them in the wider context of post-war reconstruction.
Series Statement
Themes in the twentieth century
Uniform Title
Themes in the twentieth century
Subject
  • 1940-1944
  • Urban renewal > England > Bristol > History
  • Urban renewal > England > Coventry > History
  • Urban renewal > England > Southampton > History
  • Central business districts > England > Bristol > Planning > History
  • Central business districts > England > Coventry > Planning > History
  • Central business districts > England > Southampton > Planning > History
  • Central business districts > Planning
  • Urban renewal
  • Kriegsschaden
  • Stadtplanung
  • Villes > Rénovation > Histoire. > Angleterre (GB) > Bristol
  • Villes > Angleterre (GB) > Coventry > Histoire
  • Villes > Angleterre (GB) > Southampton > Histoire
  • Geschichte (1941-1950)
  • Bristol (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941
  • Coventry (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941
  • Southampton (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1944
  • England > Bristol
  • England > Coventry
  • England > Southampton
  • Bristol
  • Coventry
  • Southampton
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Development of reconstruction policy during the war -- 3. Bristol, Coventry and Southampton before the war and the impact of the bombing -- Bristol -- Southampton -- Coventry -- Destruction -- 4. Replanning the City Centre: Coventry 1940-45 -- 5. Replanning the City Centre: Southampton 1940-45 -- 6. Replanning the City Centre: Bristol 1940-45 -- 7. City planning in the immediate aftermath of war: 1946 -- 8. The fate of planning after the war -- 9. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0335156347
  • 9780335156344
  • 0335156339
  • 9780335156337
LCCN
91044092
OCLC
  • ocm25008056
  • 25008056
  • SCSB-8936088
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library