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Greenprints for the Countryside?: The Story of Britain's National Parks book cover

1st Edition

Greenprints for the Countryside? The Story of Britain's National Parks

By Ann MacEwen, Malcolm MacEwen Copyright 1987
280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1987, this book rejects the ‘pay through the nose’ approach to conservation enshrined in the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and demonstrates the need to strengthen and extend the national parks system to enable more people to enjoy open country. The authors believe that countryside conservation depends on reversing the trends that are intensifying the exploitation of land... Read more

Part 1: National Parks – Then and Now 1. National Parks – The Dram 2. National Parks – The Reality 3. Resources: Their Use and Abuse 4. People and the Paradox Part 2: Conservation and Enjoyment 5. The Meaning of Conservation 6. Conservation in Practice 7. Enjoyment 8. A Walkers’ Charter Part 3: The National Park System – Running the Show 9. Ministers and Quangos 10. The National Park Authorities 11. Management – Or Getting Things Done 12. The Wildlife and Countryside Act – A False Dawn Part 4: The Influence of Government 13. Explosive Issues 14. Hill Farming at the Crossroads 15. The Woods and the Trees Part 5: The Way Ahead 16. The Integrated Approach 17. Broadland Breaks the Mould 18. Greenprints for the Countryside, If… 19. National Parks Tomorrow.

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Ann MacEwen, Malcolm MacEwen

Original Reviews of Greenprints for the Countryside?

‘An authoritative study of our national parks and their relationship with the wider countryside…a powerful and persuasive work…’ Lord Hunt of Everest

‘The MacEwens’ doughty defence of the finest of our landscapes, and their fiery onslaught on the forces of destruction and complacency which have led to so much environmental damage, makes good reading. This book is brimful of ideas about how the parks should evolve…You don’t have to agree with every word to recognize that Greenprints for the Countryside? is a most stimulating book.’ Adrian Phillips, The Countryside Commission

‘An irresistible source of information, ideas and provocative analysis. The authors show how the conservation of landscape and of nature could become an integral part of social and economic development throughout the countryside.’ Fiona Reynolds, Council for National Parks

‘The MacEwens’ rare combination of grass-roots rural understanding and political nous has extracted profound lessons for the future of all our countryside from the national parks’ long, troubled, but ultimately hopeful experiment in mixed land-use.’ Richard Mabey, Author and Naturalist.

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