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SCAPA, Amenity and the Value of the Environment

In: Injurious Vistas: The Control of Outdoor Advertising, Governance and the Shaping of Urban Experience in Britain, 1817–1962

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  • James Greenhalgh

    (University of Lincoln)

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This chapter discusses the consolidation of legislation that protected rural environments, and architecturally and historically valuable buildings, as well as examining the emergence of the term ‘amenity’ as a key idea in spatial governance in the twentieth century between 1890 and the 1930s. It focuses much of its attention on opposition group SCAPA, using an examination of society’s character and campaigns, alongside their rise and subsequent decline, to understand the trajectory of specific legislative controls on outdoor advertising, as well as the issues that emerged within this fledgling system. It shows how symbolic victories at Edinburgh and Dover and a general buzz of regulatory activism from local authorities pushed towards the implementation of the 1907 ARA and subsequent acts, but also shows how these acts were vague and showed little regard for ordinary urban spaces.

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  • James Greenhalgh, 2021. "SCAPA, Amenity and the Value of the Environment," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Injurious Vistas: The Control of Outdoor Advertising, Governance and the Shaping of Urban Experience in Britain, 1817–1962, chapter 0, pages 71-104, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-79018-9_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79018-9_4
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