Rural Change and Planning
England and Wales in the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2003
206 pages
978-1-135-82735-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structural integration for the many diverse themes which must be interwoven in order to understand current conditions in the countryside.
Reviews / Votes
'Rural Change and Planning.... is to be recommended warmly to students who need a clear critical guide to a century of countryside change.' - Urban Studies'...essential reading for academics and practitioners trying to make sense, and act on behalf, of rural communities.' - Planning Practice and Research
'Cherry and Rogers have harvested and distilled an enormous amount of material and presented it in a logical, lucid and highly readable form - a fitting epitaph for Gordon Cherry, and one that I am certain will be read and re-read by many well into the millenium.' - Planning Practice and Research
'a sure bet for student reading lists...skilled use of examples...concise and lucid analysis' - Planning Perspectives
'...especially useful for students of geography, town planning, environmental studies and landscape planning' - Landscape Design
'Not the least refreshing aspect of this book is that it restores one's somewhat battered faith in the Enlightenment ideal' - Town and Country Planning
'It is a supremely clearly written account by two experienced writers and researchers effortlessly on top of the task in hand' - Town & Country Planning
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-82735-9 (9781135827359)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/1996
1st Edition
Spon Press
€230.80
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Persons
Cherry, Gordon; Rogers, A.W.
Content
Introduction: twentieth century themes. The countryside in 1914. The hiatus of war: 1914-1918. The inter-war period. The hiatus of war: planning the countryside 1939-1945. Planning for agriculture and forestry in the post-war world. Rural economic change and policy since 1945. Countryside recreation and landscape protection since 1945. Rural communities since 1945. Rural land use planning: post-war pursuit of objectives. Rural change and planning: threads in the pattern. References. Index.
