Planning for Cities - Then and Now (PDF)

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, grade: 80%, The University of Liverpool, course: Urban Regeneration and Planning, language: English, abstract: A short essay comparing the 1945 Plan for Manchester with the 2012 Manchester Core Strategy.

Post-war redevelopment in Manchester pivoted around the regions industrial foreground and any concluding changes affected residential regeneration and the wealth of the industrial communities within them. An important consideration for City Surveyor and Engineer, Rowland Nicolas who aimed for 'radical improvements in our living and working conditions. On the other hand, despite a required need for development remaining fixed on Manchester's agenda in 2012, the monetary drive towards growing a sustainable economy headlines the recovery process from a global financial crisis that announced itself four years earlier.

Between the 1945 Planning Committee and the City Council of 2012, their approach to the issues regarding planning for Manchester will be discussed in their response to industry and housing. Comparing these Plans will address the concerns planners worked to resolve in the different sectors and more importantly, it will uncover the different planning methods used to combat the relevant growth or decline in these areas of planning policy.