ABSTRACT
Over the last decade there has been such a growing public interest in improving the physical environment in town and country that it has become a major political issue. A major impetus was given by the Buchanan Report in 1963 which focused attention on the conflict between motor traffic and the quality of the urban environment. This chapter looks at three schemes in London, one of which, Barnsbury, was characterised at first by the ‘improvement package’ approach. The other two, Kensington and Pimlico, were environmental management schemes aimed mainly at traffic and parking problems. Barnsbury is an area of north central London within the borough of Islington developed in the mid-nineteenth century as a residential suburb of good quality.
