Better Homes, Greener Cities

Alan W.Evans and Oliver Marc Hartwich - Policy Exchange/ Localis 2006

Reviewed by Alex Marsh

Challenges to the existence of the established planning system need to be debated. Jane Jacobs challenged the system in the late 1950s and, 50 years on, many of her ideas are integrated into the system.The authors promote a housing provision through an open market approach. Their principal criticism is the plan-led system. They see it as restrictive, putting unequal power in the hands of those already...