From conflict to co-operation: urban improvement and the case of Dundee, 1790–1850

In: Urban history, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 350-371

Abstract

This article offers a case study of urban improvement in Dundee, where the unco-ordinated efforts of different interest groups were largely adequate for the needs of the town in the first half of the nineteenth century, after which a more centralized approach evolved to address urban problems on a new scale. The Dundee case offers some explanations for this shift, which was mirrored in many other British towns.