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Zusatztext 'Few planning courses are likely to omit countryside planning from their core reading lists; it offers an excellent introduction to broader countryside issues and sits well with other, more procedural, planning textbooks' - Journal of Rural Studies Informationen zum Autor Andrew Gilg Klappentext Should rural Britain continue to be dominated by farmed landscapes, or should these be transformed into managed countryside or woodland, or even into low-density exurbia on the American model? These are the issues that face an increasingly post-agricultural and post-industrial society such as Britain. Countryside Planning addresses these concerns and provides an in-depth study of the rural debate. Beginning with the key concepts and issues, the author sets out the context in which planning operates and how society has constructed its own images of the countryside. Using three theoretical perspectives, the book describes the evolution of the current planning system and provides a basis for further discussion about the possible future for the countryside. In the wake of the recent Rural White Paper, the book includes the major issues that affect contemporary rural Britain including the current reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy, the role of farmers as land managers and the hypocrisy of sustainable development and green tourism. Using boxed policy summaries throughout the text, as well as key question-and-answer sections in every chapter, the author treats policy and trends across the whole spectrum of countryside planning. Zusammenfassung Countryside Planning is an in-depth and authoritative introduction to rural issues and addresses key issues such as planning for agriculture and natural environment, countryside management, forestry and the built environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustration, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 COUNTRYSIDE PLANNING: AN INTRODUCTORY MODEL BASED ON ELEMENTARY ASSUMPTIONS AND SOME FIRST PRINCIPLES, 2 PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURE AS A PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY, 3 PLANNING FOR FARMERS TO MANAGE THE COUNTRYSIDE, 4 PLANNING FOR FORESTRY AND WOODLAND, 5 PLANNING FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING), 6 PLANNING FOR THE ‘NATURAL’ ENVIRONMENT, 7 AN EVALUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD, Guide to further reading and information, Bibliography, Index...
