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"The book, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, suggests that local and central gonvernment consider measures such as rasing standards in schools, using electronic technology to fight crime, and creating more greenfield land developments based on planning partnerships of local authorities, local communities and developers."
-"New Start, 9/7/2001
"Nicholas Schoon spent most of the Blair government's first administration looking at regeneration and urbanism in Britain. "The Chosen City shows the value of such journalist enquiry. He gives us a robust and accurate history of successive governments' handling of urbanism. Specialists will no doubt be able to correct minor details but the generalist will come away understanding the current position better than they did before."
-Fred Manson, "ROOF, September/October 2001
"Mentioned in a publication of "New Start, ."
October 12, 2001
"The urban renaissance is probably notwork and people will continue deserting areas in search of a better life, according to a newly published book commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...Nicholas Schoon, author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's book on our town and cities this week warns that the urban renaissance is still confined to the drawing board rather than anywhere near becoming a reality.."
-Huw Morris, "Planning Magazine
..."But there is much here to think about and to stoke up the urban policy debate.."
-Will Hatchett, "housing magazine, November 2001
-"New Start, 9/7/2001
"Nicholas Schoon spent most of the Blair government's first administration looking at regeneration and urbanism in Britain. "The Chosen City shows the value of such journalist enquiry. He gives us a robust and accurate history of successive governments' handling of urbanism. Specialists will no doubt be able to correct minor details but the generalist will come away understanding the current position better than they did before."
-Fred Manson, "ROOF, September/October 2001
"Mentioned in a publication of "New Start, ."
October 12, 2001
"The urban renaissance is probably notwork and people will continue deserting areas in search of a better life, according to a newly published book commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...Nicholas Schoon, author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's book on our town and cities this week warns that the urban renaissance is still confined to the drawing board rather than anywhere near becoming a reality.."
-Huw Morris, "Planning Magazine
..."But there is much here to think about and to stoke up the urban policy debate.."
-Will Hatchett, "housing magazine, November 2001
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MOST OF BRITAIN'S BIG CITIES now have their emptying quarters, places where despair and decline have gone so deep that large-scale abandonment of homes and business premises is underway. Read the first page
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MOST OF BRITAIN'S BIG CITIES now have their emptying quarters, places where despair and decline have gone so deep that large-scale abandonment of homes and business premises is underway. Read the first page
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