Shelter is not enough: Transforming multi-storey housing

Description

Estates of multi-storey housing present some of the most intractable problems for urban policy. Many attempts to deal with these prooblems have either failed or presented poor value for money. This book provides an evaluation of the issues, tracing the development of Britain's multi-storey housing from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Drawing on an analysis of past practice, a "model of regeneration" is defined. This concentrates on the need for tenant participation; on the importance of design solutions which are both technically and socially appropriate; and on management which is sensitive to local needs.

Graham Towers is an Architect and Town Planner.

"With an extensive bibliography, the book is an invaluable overview of the subject, accessible enough for non-housing professionals to be serialised in the 'Guardian'" Housing ".. The best available synthesis of what we know with certainty and what uncertainties still exist... provocative.." Urban Studies vol 38 no. 8