Rural change and planning : England and Wales in the twentieth century
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Rural change and planning : England and Wales in the twentieth century
(Studies in history, planning, and the environment, 19)
E & FN Spon, 1996
1st ed
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Bibliography: p. [207]-223
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
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.
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