Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century

The greenbelt has been one of the UK's most consistent and successful planning policies.Over the past century, it has limited urban sprawl and preserved thecountryside around our cities, but is it still fit for purpose in a world ofunprecedented urban growth and potentially catastrophic climate change?Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21stCentury examinesthe history of the green belt in the UK and how it has influenced planning regimes in other countries. Despite itsundoubted achievements, it is time to review the green belt as an instrument ofurban planning and landscape design. The problem of the ecological impact ofcities and the mitigation measures of major climate changes are at the top ofthe urban agenda across the world. Urban agriculture, blue and greeninfrastructures, and forestation are the new ecological design imperativesdriving urban policymaking.Through anexamination of practice in the UK and in countries such as theNetherlands, Spain and Germany,the book proposes a framework for a reconsideration of the criticalrelationship between the city and its hinterlands for the 21stcentury. It will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate studentsof planning, landscape architecture, urban design, architecture and landeconomics, as well as practitioners in design, planning and property/realestate.