Market Towns: Roles, Challenges and Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780415389624 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 200 str.

Neil Powe; Trevor Hart

Opis

Addressing issues which have not yet been covered in contemporary planning literature, this comprehensive volume provides a wide-ranging discussion that will appeal to those involved at all levels of practice related to market towns as well as to academics and students working in both rural and urban geography and planning.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Characteristics, Roles and Policy  2. Market Town Characteristics  3. Exploring Contemporary Functional Roles  4. Policies for Market Towns  Part 2: Issues and Challenges  5. Transport  6. Ready or Not: The Ageing of Market Towns' Population  7. Market Towns, Housing and Regeneration  8. Implications of Housing Allocations for Market Towns  9. Market Towns and Rural Employment  10. Visiting the Shops: Rural Service Centre or Visitor Attraction?  Part 3: What Prospects for Market Towns?  11. Drivers for Change in the Case Study Towns  12. Market Towns: Roles, Challenges and Prospects