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Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers is an architect and urbanist. He designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris. His books include Cities for a small planet.

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Mr. Town meets Mr. Country

From BSE to foot & mouth, from hunting to the Countryside Alliance, from Maff to Defra - out of crisis the countryside has moved to the top of the political agenda. But where is the Urban Alliance? Are the cities losing their way? And how can the fractured relationship of the last decade be healed in the next?

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