Planners internationally have employed green belts to contain the explosive sprawl of cities as varied as Tokyo, Vienna and Melbourne during the twentieth centu

Planners internationally have employed green belts to contain the explosive sprawl of cities as varied as Tokyo, Vienna and Melbourne during the twentieth centu

The green belt has been one of the UK’s most consistent and successful planning policies. Over the past century, it has limited urban sprawl and preserved the

Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century examines the history of the green belt in the UK and argues that it is time to review the green belt as an instru

The green belt was part of the 1940s package of planning measures that were intended to protect farmland and to stop the spread of towns and cities. Since then,