How to build houses and save the countryside - Softcover

Spiers, Shaun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447339991 ISBN 13: 9781447339991

Publisher: Policy Press, 2018

Synopsis

Focusing on house building and conservation politics in England, Spiers uses his considerable experience and extensive research to demonstrate why the current model doesn’t work, and why there needs to be both planning reform and a more active role for the state, including local government.

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Review:

This book is a fascinating read and its message is spot on. The need for increasing the delivery of new homes has never been more urgent - but equally vital is building homes that are beautiful, energy efficient and that add value to the local community. Thank you Shaun, this book is essential reading for all housing policy makers. --Sue Chalkley, Hastoe Housing Association

A must read for anyone interested in housing. --Evan Davis, Journalist and Presenter

This book is at once reasonable and visionary - a remarkable combination, and a remarkably important contribution to one of the most important social policy debates of our time. Everyone interested in the question of how to meet our urgent housing needs, while also protecting the landscape, should read it. --Sir Andrew Motion

About the Author:

Shaun Spiers was Chief Executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) from 2004-2017. Founded in 1926, CPRE campaigns for a beautiful and living countryside. Before joining CPRE, Shaun was Chief Executive of ABCUL, the credit union trade association, and from 1994 1999 he was MEP for London South East. He is currently executive director of the environmental think-tank, Green Alliance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1447339991
• ISBN 13: 9781447339991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180