TY - BOOK ID - 15887361 TI - Planning, politics and city making : a case study of King's Cross AU - Bishop, Peter AU - Williams, Lesley PY - 2016 SN - 9781859466353 1859466354 9780429346798 0429346794 9781000701623 100070162X 9781000700404 1000700402 9781000701012 1000701018 9781859468043 1859468047 PB - London RIBA Publishing DB - UniCat KW - City planning KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - King's Cross (London, England) KW - Environmental planning KW - London KW - Urbanisme KW - King’s Cross (London, England) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15887361 AB - Whilst there is extensive literature analysing the design and function of new buildings and places, the actual process through which development proposals are actually fashioned - through complex negotiation and deal making, involving many different stakeholders with different agendas - is largely undocumented. Conventional planning theory tends to assume a logical, rational and linear decision-making process, which bears little relationship to reality. This book aims to shed some light on that reality. The King's Cross scheme is one of the largest and most complex developments taking place in Britain today. The planning negotiations, which took six years, were probably some of the most exhaustive debates around a development ever. A report of over 600 pages of technical information was eventually presented to the committee, and after two evenings and ten hours of presentations and debate, the committee approved the scheme by just two votes. Drawing on first-hand interviews and full access to previously confidential material from primary sources, Planning, Politics and City-Making: A Case Study of King's Cross is a fascinating insight into a rarely-told story. ER -