Urban lessons for modern planner: Patrick Abercrombie and the study of urban development
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Patrick Abercrombie, who was the first editor of Town Planning Review, has produced a significant number of contributions to early town planning literature. He started his professional carrier at a time when town planning was gradually established in Britain as a professional discipline and publicly administered activity. His early writing reflects a vision of town planning oriented towards the identification of a structural framework within the development of the city, which is instrumental in organizing its future growth.
Publication Name: Town Planning Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0041-0020
Year: 2004
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Reflections on the Abercrombie Report 1948: a strategic plan for colonial Hong Kong
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It is appropriate to consider the ideas and proposals of the 'Hong Kong Planning Report 1948,' generally known as the Abercrombie Report, at a time of political debate about major planning issues in Hong Kong. The most controversial issue is speculative activities and prices for private residential property. The ideas used in the Abercrombie Report gave Hong Kong planners an extensive planning vocabulary. This has in turn influenced their thinking about the form of urban development and the role of planning intervention.
Publication Name: Town Planning Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0041-0020
Year: 1999
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Bringing Abercrombie back from the shades: a look forward and back
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Leslie Patrick Abercrombie achieved fame through his writings and his editorship of the Town Planning Review. He acquired a reputation as a consultant specialising in regional planning and was an advocate of extending the planning process from the urban to the regional scale. His achievments included the Dublin plan and other major regional plans, such as the East Kent coalfield.
Publication Name: Town Planning Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0041-0020
Year: 1995
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