Urban Task Force
The Urban Task Force ( UTF for short ) was a working group commissioned by the United Kingdom's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to develop strategies for the revitalization of urban centers. It was established by the British government in 1998 and ended in 2005. Richard Rogers was chairman .
The Urban Task Force was tasked with “identifying the causes of urban decline in England and making practical suggestions for repopulating cities and urban areas. It should develop a new vision of urban renewal based on excellent design, social well-being and responsible treatment of the environment in an economically and legally viable framework. "
The Urban Task Force summarized its results in a white paper on urban planning and architectural policy . This was published in 1999 in the form of a preliminary final report under the title Towards an urban renaissance . It made 105 recommendations for future urban planning. These recommendations were taken up in 2000 in the government program Our Towns and Cities: The Future - Delivering an Urban Renaissance .
According to Gerd Albers , professor emeritus for urban development and regional planning at the Technical University of Munich , the white paper speaks of “a spirit of optimism (...) in British urban planning” that has not existed “since the beginning of the Thatcher era ”.
Publications
- Richard Rogers (Ed.): Towards an urban renaissance: final report of the Urban Task Force . E & FN Spon, London 1999, ISBN 1-85112-165-X .
Web links
- Project presentation ( memento of April 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) by Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners (English)
- Second final report of the Urban Task Force ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF file; 554 kB)
- Our Towns and Cities: The Future - Delivering an Urban Renaissance ( Memento of April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b quoted from observations on the situation of urban planning in Great Britain. (No longer available online.) ETH Zurich : Network City and Landscape, archived from the original on January 13, 2017 ; Retrieved July 2, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
