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London Suburbs
This book examines this revolutionary development from the variety of perspectives that have shaped it, fully illustrated with maps, plans, paintings and photographs, and is the only book to examine London's suburban growth in its entirety.
Suburban Urbanities
Suburban space has traditionally been understood as a formless remnant of physical city expansion, without a dynamic or logic of its own. Suburban Urbanities challenges this view by defining the suburb as a temporally evolving feature of urban growth.Anchored in the architectural research discipline of space syntax, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of urban change, touching on the history of the suburb as well as its current development challenges, with a particular focus on suburban centres. Studies of the high street as a centre for social, economic and cultural exchange provide evidence for its critical role in sustaining local centres over time. Contributors from the architecture, urban design, geography, history and anthropology disciplines examine cases spanning Europe and around the Mediterranean.By linking large-scale city mapping, urban design scale expositions of high street activity and local-scale ethnographies, the book underscores the need to consider suburban space on its own terms as a specific and complex field of social practice
Neighbourhood and Society: A London Suburb in the Seventeenth Century
A pioneering social and economic study, which sheds new light on London's social history. Chapters on demography, social and occupational structure, topography, population turnover and residential mobility, and neighbourly relations, lead to a discussion of the involvement of the district's inhabitants in local government and church ceremonial.
Semi-Detached London
Originally published in 1973, Semi-Detached London looks at the great suburban expansion of London between the two world wars. The book covers all aspects of urban history, presenting an authoritative and balanced account of the Great Suburban Age, and the final uninhibited forty years before the Green Belt and Development Plan. The roles of the speculative builder, the estate developer and the local authorities receive careful attention and the author’s special knowledge of London’s transport systems ensures that the leading part they played is fully developed. Students of social, urban and transport history will find this book a valuable source of reference.
Suburban Socialism
Reflecting on his own landslide loss in conservative suburbia, Oly Durose asks how we can transform the urban outskirts of the status quo into centres of transformative change. In December 2019, Oly Durose lost by over 25,000 votes as the Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brentwood & Ongar. Revealing what it’s like to stand on a socialist platform in one of the safest Conservative seats in the UK, this book makes the case for socialism in the suburbs, unveils the challenges of its electoral realisation, and proposes a strategic revolution required to win. Suburban Socialism asks what it would be like to bring white picket fences under collective control instead. To convince suburban...
Walking in London
A guidebook to 25 walks in London’s open spaces. Exploring the green spaces of both the city centre and Greater London area, the walks are suitable for beginners and experienced walkers alike. Walks range from 6 to 21km (4–14 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–6 hours, perfect for either a short stroll or a full day out. 1:25,000 OS maps included for each walk GPX files available to download Features information on parking, public transport and refreshments Highlights include Royal Parks and Hampstead Heath Each walk showcases a particular species of wildlife that you might encounter, plus information on the history and conservation of the capital's wild spaces
