COLIN BUCHANAN (TOWN PLANNER)

'Professor Sir Colin Buchanan' (1907-08-22 – 2001-12-06) was a British town planner.^[1] He became Britain's most famous planner following the publication of his report ''Traffic in Towns'' in 1963, which presented a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding the growth of personal car ownership and urban traffic in the UK.^[2]

Contents

Biography

Publications

References

Notes

Biography

Buchanan died on 2001-12-06 of bronchopneumonia in Oxfordshire.

Publications

★ Mixed Blessing: the Motor in Britain, Buchanan, , , , 1958,

★ Traffic in Towns, Buchanan, , , , 1963,

References

★ Obituary of Professor Sir Colin Buchanan

Notes

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, , , , Oxford University Press, 2007,
2. Professor Sir Colin Buchanan