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1992

City planning; community interests; demographics; land use; model cities; new towns; overcrowding; overdevelopment; poor planning; urban beautification; urban design; urban development; urban renewal; urban sprawl; vacant land; vacant land use

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Planning For People And Beauty, Chester Smolski Aug 1992

Planning For People And Beauty, Chester Smolski

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"Tourists who return from England frequently say the same thing: "What a beautiful country!" True enough, but it did not just happen. A naturally occurring rolling landscape and a climate to keep it green helped, to be sure. But strict government-imposed planning accounts for much of beauty [sic] of present-day England, too."