County of London Plan
1943 development plan in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the parallel Greater London Plan or the modern London Plan.
The County of London Plan was prepared for the London County Council in 1943 by John Henry Forshaw (1895–1973) and Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (1879–1957).
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Author | Patrick Abercrombie and J.H. Forshaw |
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Language | English |
Subject | Urban planning |
Publisher | Macmillan and Company Ltd |
Publication date | 1943 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 188 |
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Its main purpose was to point out the main directions of development and reconstruction of London, which in the past decades had faced big changes and irregular growth. It was prepared in anticipation of the end of World War II and the reconstruction after bomb damage and large movements of population.
It focused on five problems, for which it proposed solutions:
- traffic congestion
- depressed housing
- inadequacy and maldistribution of open spaces
- jumble of houses and industries
- sprawl, and suburbanisation of surrounding country towns