Countryside Recreation, Access and Land Use Planning

ISBN-13: 9780419155508 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 276 str.

Nigel Curry

Opis

The reform of the CAP and other significant changes in countryside policies have given rise to a fundamental reassessment of the ways in which we use our rural land. In this book, Nigel Curry gives a full critical appraisal of policies and plans for countryside recreation and access. He proposes, in the context of rural restructuring, a range of new directions for policy and planning that will better serve the needs of the public and the countryside alike. Countryside Recreation, Access and Land Use Planning is structured around five main propositions: that the fragmented way in which agencies responsible for rural leisure are organized has inhibited the development of coherent policies and plans; that there has been a confusion between the responsibilities of the public sector and those of the market place and provision has been piecemeal and uncoordinated as a result; that policies and plans have, in the main, ignored the social composition of recreation participation and have failed to take people's preferences into account; that policy and planning have been concerned with the rights of the landowner and a fear of a recreation explosion rather than the development of recreation opportunities and as such, have been unduly restrictive; and that policies and plans for recreation and access have been given an unjustifiably low priority in pressures for change in the countryside, particularly in relation to those in the conservation interest.

Recenzje

"...a compendious and thoughtful book with a clear structure. Most importantly it demonstrates a good knowledge and understanding of the policy-making and political environments in which recreation ideas are shaped. It will be very useful as a text for undergraduate and graduate students studying this important area." - Planning Perspectives

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. The historical context of countryside recreation and access. The 1970s and 1980s - tinkering with recreation and access supply. The provision of countryside recreation and access. Participation in recreation and access. Social policies for countryside recreation and access. Government advice for rural leisure land use planning. Recreation and access in structure plans and countryside strategies. Recreation and the environment. Current issues for policy formulation. References. Index.

O autorze

Dr N R Curry, N. Curry