Towards an Urban Renaissance

[2] It examined the question of how 4 million projected new homes over 25 years might be accommodated in the UK without further encroachment into the green belt or other areas of countryside.

[citation needed] The review leading to the published report was commissioned by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1998, to identify the causes of urban decline and establish a vision for Britain's cities based on the principles of design excellence, social well-being and environmental responsibility.

Towards an Urban Renaissance resulted in the White Paper Our Towns and Cities – the Future, published in 2000.

[citation needed] Rogers published an independent update titled Towards a Strong Urban Renaissance in 2005.

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