Author: School Of Planning And Research For Regional Development
Title: Wealth Not Want - The Role Of The Commonwealth In The World Crisis 1952 : Volume I, Problems Andf Potentialities [with] Volume II Policy And Regional Realisation
Description: School Of Planning And Research For Regional Development, 1952, 1st edition. Large format paperback, G+. 2 volumes, 244pp, 245-403pp, many b/w diagrams & maps, mimeographed sheets bound horizontally, edges worn & creased, a fair copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A study by the SPRRD on the way in which central planning can ameliorate Global poverty by corporate action, based upon the mapping of social statistics and planning. Set up in 1935, as the School of Planning and Research for National Development (SPRND), the aims of the school were to offer a postgraduate evening school within the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture. Here, graduates in architecture and other disciplines were able to take courses in town planning. The school was run from 1940 - 1953, after it closed there was concern over 'Communist Influences' within the School.

Keywords: planning , town planning, socialism, commonwealth, architecture