Market Towns: Roles, Challenges and Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780415541114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 200 str.

Neil Powe;Trevor Hart;Tim Shaw

Opis

This book explores the future for market towns as focal points for trade, services and regeneration in rural areas, making recommendations for future policy to guide future development and achieve sustainability.

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