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Some popular assumptions about countryside planning

A paper that challenges the assumptions behind countryside planning and argues the case for imposing economic logic on development decisions.

Year of Publication2005

The “no-development” ethic in the countryside came about for economic reasons rather than today’s concerns which are mainly about environmental quality. This paper challenges the assumptions behind countryside planning and argues the case for imposing economic logic on development decisions to allow more development which would reverse the downward spiral in social conditions and community and environmental quality.It concludes that in the context of questioning enduring countryside planning assumptions, there is scope for some reassessment of both planning mechanisms and rationales.

This item is categorised as follows

• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development
• Subject Collection > Environmental impact
• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > UK rural policy

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rural developmenteconomic developmentbusiness development