Towards an Urban Renaissance


Towards an Urban Renaissance was a report written by the United Kingdom's Urban Task Force chaired by Lord Rogers of Riverside and published on 29 June 1999. It examined the question of how 4 million projected new homes over 25 years, might be accommodated in the UK without further encroachment into the green belt or other areas of countryside.
The review leading to the published report was commissioned by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1998, to identify the causes of urban decline and establish a vision for Britain's cities based on the principles of design excellence, social well-being and environmental responsibility. Participants included Peter Hall.
Towards an Urban Renaissance resulted in the Our Towns and Cities - the Future - The Urban White Paper published in 2000, and was influential in the revised Planning policy guidance note 3: Housing which was also published in 2000.
Rogers published an independent update titled Towards a Strong Urban Renaissance in 2005.

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