Social Class and the New Towns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10861997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian J Heraud (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-58 |
| Publication date | 1968-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00420986820080031 |
| OpenAlex | W1974741713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 6 |
The New Towns were designed to avoid mainly working class housing and aimed to bring the social classes together in 'balanced' towns and to achieve actual social mixing at neighbourhood level. In the controversy about changes in social stratification, in particular the so called embourgeoisement of the working class, the New Towns have been held up as models in which this process is at work. This paper examines the occupational class structures of New Towns, in particular Crawley New Town, in the light of such policies. A considerable degree of class balance has been achieved in the town as a whole but neighbourhoods have begun to take on distinctive class characteristics. However, the evidence as a whole does not justify the indiscriminate use of New Towns as 'models' for changes in the class structure. Finally, changes in policy in the New Towns are discussed in terms of the theory that British town planning is characterised by an 'adaptive mechanism' which facilitates such changes
Class (philosophy · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Working class · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Mathematics · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Social Mix and the `Balanced Community' in British housing policy – a tale of two epochs
Metropolitan Dynamics
Public Policies, Private Choices
Neighbourhood Change in Inner Adelaide
The Idea of Social Mix in Town Planning
Neighbourhood Change in Inner Adelaide, 1966-76
Political Participation in New Towns
Creating new communities
Housebuilding on farmland
Multimodal transport and potential encounters with social difference
The applied geographer and the steady state society
Intra‐system variation in the effectiveness of schooling
What Are New Towns for
Social Geography and the Study of the Capitalist City
Social Class Values and the Balanced Community
New Town Knowledge, Experience, and Theory
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2019 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |