Introduction to Rural Planning

Introduction to Rural Planning provides an introduction to rural planning for students on planning, geography and related programmes. Charting the major patterns and processes of rural change affecting the English countryside, it looks at the role of planning in shaping rural spaces, covering both the statutory comprehensive planning that emerged in the post-war period, as well as the more recent planning and rural programme delivery undertaken by central policy agencies. The book comprises twelve chapters, which are designed to accompany and support a typical teaching programme in rural planning.These chapters consider: the nature of rural areas and the emergence of statutory planning in England the agents of rural policy delivery economic change in the countryside and the influence planning has in shaping rural economies social change and debates on housing and rural service provision environmental change, the changing fortunes of farming, landscape protection, and the idea of a multi-functional landscape key areas of current concern in spatial rural planning, including debates surrounding city-regions, the rural-urban fringe, and local government reform the challenge of managing rural change in the twenty-first century through new planning and governance processes. Introduction to Rural Planning provides comprehensive coverage of the forces, processes and outcomes of rural change whilst keeping planning's influence and role in clear view at all times. It is a valuable introductory text for students of planning and geography and will be an essential companion to courses in these areas.Gallent, Nick is the author of 'Introduction to Rural Planning', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415429979 and ISBN 0415429978.