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Streets in the sky
– Towards improving the quality of life
in Tower Blocks in the UK

The first report of the
National Sustainable Tower Blocks Initiative

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Written by
Chris Church and Toby Gale
Published February 2000

Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
1. Tower Blocks, sustainable development, and high-density housing
2. Tower Blocks – the key issues
3. The problems of Tower Blocks
4. The potential of Tower Blocks
5. Towards the sustainable development of Tower Blocks
6. Making it happen – the key issues
7. Making it happen – the process of development
8. Conclusions and recommendations – from ‘streets in the sky’ to ‘vertical villages’?
9. Postscript: Into the future…
Appendix 1 Issues relating to tenants and services
Appendix 2 The process of change
Appendix 3 Project Listing
References

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the many residents, voluntary groups, academics and housing workers who have helped us during the preparation of this report. Special thanks must go to Tony Milroy of the Arid Lands Initiative and Betty Burton at the Appletree Court Estate in Salford, whose work provided some of the inspiration for the NSTBI, to the Safe Neighbourhoods Unit for their work in this field and their advice, to Mandy Wilson (formerly with the National Tower Blocks Network), and to Rebecca Tunstall for sharing her research ideas.

This report has been published by the NSTBI with the financial support of the Shell Better Britain Campaign.

Copyright NSTBI 2000. The rights of Chris Church and Toby Gale as authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. The authors and the NSTBI encourage the reproduction of material from within this report for approved purposes subject to written permission. This report is posted on the internet, at www.towerblocks.org.uk More information will be posted on this site in the future. To make contact with the initiative email to info@towerblocks.org.uk