Chapter 5: General conclusions

Professional collaboration

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One point which the description of our practical studies illustrates vividly is the close interlocking between questions of land use on the one hand, and transport and movement on the other. This applies all the way down from the widest questions of regional planning and the distribution of population and employment, to the detailed design of city centres. This is extremely important and points the need for the closest co-operation between everyone working in these fields. We think this applies to the internal organisation of central departments, and the whole range of local authorities. But most important of all is the need for a new synthesis of minds amongst those professionally engaged in these problems. A much improved concept of professional collaboration is needed, with greater emphasis on mixed-team working.