Charting the major patterns and processes of rural change affecting the English countryside, this text 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 rural programme delive…
Participatory Rural Planning presents the argument that citizen participation in planning affairs transcends a rights-based legitimacy and an all too frequent perception of being mere consultation. Rather, it is part of a social learning process that can enhance the prospects fo…
At the International Geographical Union's 20th Congress, held in Glasgow in 2004, the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems' sessions included a range of papers relating to sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities. This book brings together some of t…