1980-1989
Main Milestones
1980 - European Campaign for Urban Renaissance, Council of Europe. [HER, URB]
1980 - Seaside Plan, Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company. [PPP]
1980 - Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter, New York, Free Press. [ECO]
1981 - Creation of London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine. [PWO, PPP]
1981 - Towards a European Regional Planning Concept, CEMAT. [SPL, ESP]
1982 - Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980s, P. Healey, G. McDougall and M. J. Thomas, Oxford, Pergamon Press. [SPL]
1983 - European Spatial Planning Strategy, EC. [ESP, PPP]
1984 - Good City Form, Kevin Lynch, MIT, Cambridge. [URB]
1984 - Parc de la Villette, Paris, by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier. [GRE]
1985 - Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jane Jacobs, Vintage Books, New York. [URB, SPL]
1985 - The Making of Urban Europe – P. Hohen, Berg and Hollen Lees, Harvard University Press. [URB, SPL]
1987 - AESOP, Association of European Schools of Planning. [URB, SPL, TDC]
1987 - Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space, Jan Gehl, New York. [URB]
1987 - Our Common Future (Brundtland Report), Brundtland Commission. [SPL, TDC]
1988 - Cities of Tomorrow, An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century, Peter Geoffrey Hall, Basil Blackwell. [URB, SPL]
1988 - Fourth Report on physical planning (VINO), Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Ministry of VROM). [PPP]
1989 - Copenhagen Regional Plan. [PPP]
1989 - Penser la Ville, choix de textes Philosophiques, Pierre Ansay and René Schoonbrot, Archives d’Architecture Moderne. [URB]
1989 - The Landscape of Civilisation, Geoffrey Jellicoe. [GRE]
1989 - The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution, K. H. Robert, New Society Publishers. [ENV]
List of Milestones
1980 - European Campaign for Urban Renaissance, Council of Europe. [HER, URB]
1980 - Urban Development Corporations, UK. [URB, TDC, LEG]
1980 - National Heritage Act, UK. [HER, LEG]
1980 - Seaside Plan, Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company. [PPP]
1980 - The Birth of Modern Town Planning, Leonardo Benevolo. [URB]
1980 - The Council of Europe’s European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter, Torremolinos Charter, CEMAT, EC. [URB, SPL, TDC]
1980 - l’Année du Patrimoine, France. [HER, PPP]
1980 - Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter, New York, Free Press. [ECO]
1981 - “Hot Summer”, France. [SOC, URB]
1981 - AIDS epidemics begins. [HIS]
1981 - Creation of London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine. [SPL]
1981 - Enterprise zones. Initially 13, and more 14 in 1983 and 1984, UK. [SPL]
1981 - First TGV Paris-Lyon. [SPL]
1981 - Historic Gardens (The Florence Charter), ICOMOS. [SPL]
1981 - Towards a European Regional Planning Concept, CEMAT. [SPL, ESP]
1982 - Loi Deffere de descentralization, France. [HIS]
1982 - Direction Interministerielle des Villes. [SPL]
1982 - Berlin Conference, closing the European Campaign for Cities Renaissance. [SPL]
1982 - Loi d’Orientation sur des Transports Intérieurs, introduced the Plan de Déplacements Urbains, PDU, France. [SPL]
1982 - Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980s, P. Healey, G. McDougall and M. J. Thomas, Oxford, Pergamon Press. [SPL]
1982 - Urban Development Grant introduced the Inner City Enterprises, UK. [SPL]
1983 - Dubedout Report, France. [SPL]
1983 - European Spatial Planning Strategy, EC. [SPL, ESP]
1983 - Gendebien Report, EC. [SPL]
1983 - Mission Banlieu 89, Roland Castro and Michel Cantal-Dupart, France. [SPL]
1983 - National Heritage Act, UK. [SPL]
1983 - Programmes Locaux de l’Habitat, PLH, France. [SPL]
1983 - Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, historical interest, England. [SPL]
1984 - Contrat de Plan, France. [SPL]
1984 - Construction begins on Seaside, Florida, one of the earliest examples of the New Urbanism. [SPL]
1984 - Creation of the London Regional Transport, substituting the London Transport. O Bus Board, o Rail Board, etc, are transformed in enterprises, whose activity is coordenated by a holding company: the LRT. [SPL]
1984 - Good City Form, Kevin Lynch, MIT, Cambridge. [URB]
1984 - MSX-DOS. [HIS]
1984 - Parc de la Villette, Paris, by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier. [GRE]
1984 - 1987 - International Bauausstellung Berlin (IBA). [URB, TDC]
1985 - Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jane Jacobs, Vintage Books, New York. [URB, SPL]
1985 - Convention for the protection of the architectural heritage of Europe, Granada, Council of Europe. [HER, TDC]
1985 - CORINE Land Cover, Coordination of information on the environment, EC. Concluded 1990. [ESP]
1985 - Labels «Pays», «Villes d’art et d’Histoire», France. [HER, PPP]
1985 - The Making of Urban Europe – P. Hohen, Berg and Hollen Lees, Harvard University Press. [URB, SPL]
1985 - Traffic Calming. [INF]
1985 - Travel cards in public transportation, UK. [INF]
1985 - Foundation of European Council of Town Planners, Conseil Européen des Urbanistes (ECTP-CEU). [URB, SPL, TDC]
1986 - Benelux Global Structural Outline. [PPP]
1986 - Deregulation of the city of London. [LEG]
1986 - EUROCITIES – a network of large European Cities. [NET, URB, TDC]
1986 - Greater London Council abolished. [GOV]
1987 - AESOP, Association of European Schools of Planning. [URB, SPL, TDC]
1987 - Charter for the Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (The Washington Charter), ICOMOS. [HER, TDC]
1987 - Inauguration of Docklands Light Railway, partially paid by the Dockland Development Corporation. [INF]
1987 - Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space, Jan Gehl, New York. [URB]
1987 - London City Airport, Royal Docks, London. [INF]
1987 - Our Common Future (Brundtland Report), Brundtland Commission. [SPL, TDC]
1987 - Planning in the Public Domain: From Knowledge to Action, John Friedmann, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [URB, SPL]
1987 - Sustainable Development. [TDC]
1987 - The Report of the Detroit Strategic Planning Project, Detroit. [PPP]
1987 - Urban Regeneration Grant, to complement the Urban Development Grant, UK. [URB, HER, LEG]
1988 - Action for Cities Programme, including the City Grant, UK. [URB, HER, PPP]
1988 - Cities of Tomorrow, An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century, Peter Geoffrey Hall, Basil Blackwell. [URB, SPL]
1988 - City: Rediscovering the Center, William Whyte. [URB]
1988 - Comité Interministérielle des Villes, France. [URB, TDC]
1988 - Comité National des Villes, France. [URB, TDC]
1988 - Dictionnaire de l’Urbanisme et de l’Aménagement, Pierre Merlin and Françoise Choay, Paris, PUF. [URB, SPL]
1988 - Fourth Report on physical planning (VIWEX), Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Ministry of VROM). [PPP]
1988 - Vinex ("Vierde Nota Ruimtelijke Ordening Extra", translates as Fourth Memorandum Spatial Planning Extra), large outer city areas were pointed out by the policy for massive new housing development, Netherland. [SPL, PPP, TDC]
1989 - Contrat de Ville, France. [URB, ECO, TDC]
1989 - Banlieu 89 programme, France. [SPL]
1989 - Copenhagen Regional Plan. [PPP]
1989 - Dorsale or Megapole (Bleu Banana), Roger Brunet. [SPL]
1989 - Fall of the Wall in Berlin. [HIS]
1989 - Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Portrack House near Dumfries, Scotland, by Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswick. [GRE]
1989 - Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Emscher Park. Germany. [GRE]
1989 - Pedestrian Pocket, Peter Calthorpe. [URB]
1989 - Penser la Ville, choix de textes Philosophiques, Pierre Ansay and René Schoonbrot, Archives d’Architecture Moderne. [URB]
1989 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UNEP. [ENV]
1989 - The Landscape of Civilisation, Geoffrey Jellicoe. [GRE]
1989 - The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution, K. H. Robert, New Society Publishers. [ENV]
1989 – Copenhagen Extended Finger Plan. [PPP]