Visualising London’s Suburbs
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چکیده
Historically, London’s suburbs are, “as old as the city itself” (Ackroyd 2000, p.727) but it is only recently that they have begun to assert themselves on the policy agenda alongside the metropolitan centre. In June 2007 the London Assembly's Planning and Spatial development Committee released a report noting the difficulties predicted for London’s suburbs (GLA 2007). However, future development plans for London remain dominated by policy focusing on its core urban area despite evidence of economic stagnation, social exclusion and increasing congestion in the suburbs (Potts et. al., 2007). This is symptomatic of a planning culture that seems reluctant to acknowledge the distinctive contribution of the suburbs to the quality of urban life overall (Kochan 2007). The unspoken assumption is that the suburbs are able to ‘look after themselves’. Yet if the challenges facing London’s suburbia are not addressed they might face a significant decline.
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