ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a general session, opened by Professor Self, at which members drew attention to some of the salient points that had emerged from their discussions. Mr Winnick: It is vital to grasp one significant difference between American and British planners as to the ideal form of the metropolitan region. Mr Thomas: To transpose the British situation into American terms people have to imagine California with a population of eighty millions instead of its present twenty millions. Mr Simon: It is not a question of being pro-size or anti-size: it is a question of regional structure. A metropolitan region can grow either as New York has grown or through new town building. Prof. Foley: Both of our countries have great difficulty in grappling with the possibilities for the positive structuring of the outlying parts of our large metropolitan regions.
