Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960

Contents.- Tables.- Figures.- Abbreviations.- Prologue.- Preface.- Introduction.- Part I The Reconstruction Question.- The British Town Planning on the eve of the Second World War.- The war damages and the problems of central areas - The war damages - The central area problems.- Innovations in planning theory and technique - The main town planning ideas - The new town planning techniques - The control of urban land uses - The control of building bulk - The control of building day-lighting.- Part II The Preparation of Planning Machinery.- The urban reconstruction machinery issue - The central planning authority: The case and the debate - The distribution of the industrial population: The case and the debate - The control of urban land: The case and the debate.- Administrative and statutory developments during the War - The first attempts to organise the reconstruction machinery - The formation of the non-physical reconstruction machinery - Developments in the physical reconstruction machinery.- Town planning legislation under the Coalition Government - The Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Act, 1943 - The Town and Country Planning Act, 1944.- The 1947 Planning Act and the reaction to it - The Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 - The revision of the planning system in the 1950s by the Conservatives.- Part III Replanning London.- The Central Government policy for re-planning London.- The Independent Plans for London - The Modern Architects' Research Society (MARS) plan - The Royal Academy (RA) plan - The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) plan.- The official Plans for London - The London County Council's (LCC) plan - The Greater London (GL) plan - The County of London Development (CLD) plan.- Consequences and implementations in the planning of London by the proposed plans.- Part IV Redeveloping Central London.- The first ideas for re-planning the City of London - N.J. Aslan's proposals for the City - F.J. Forty's proposals for the City - The Holden-Holford plan for the City of London.- Comprehensive Projects for Central London - The St. Paul's Precinct project - The Barbican project - The South Bank project - The Elephant and Castle project.- Epilogue.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.