Book description
Britain's streets have been transformed by the construction of new
property - but it's owned by private corporations, designed for profit
and watched over by CCTV. Have these gleaming business districts, mega
malls and gated developments led to 'regeneration', or have they
intensified social divisions and made us more fearful of each other?
Anna Minton's acclaimed and passionate polemic, now updated to cover
the UK property collapse and London's controversial Olympic Park,
shows us the face of Britain today. It reveals the untested - and
unwanted - urban planning that is changing not only our cities, but
the nature of public space, of citizenship and of trust.
Anna Minton is the recipient of five national journalism awards.
She was former staff writer for the
Financial Times
and writes regularly for the
Guardian.
Anna is the author of The Joseph Rowntree Foundation Viewpoint on fear
and distrust and is a member of the writers' panel for The Commission
for Architecture and the Built Environment.
