1st Edition

Planning, Markets and Rural Housing

Edited By Nick Gallent Copyright 2012
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the key forces affecting the affordability of rural homes in Britain and the changing shape of housing markets. It takes as its starting point, demographic trends impacting upon rural communities and upon market dynamics. From this point, it explores consequent patterns of housing affordability, examining changing opportunities in the rental and sale markets, at different... Read more
1. Introduction: New Agendas in Planning and Rural Housing  Nick Gallent  2. Urban–Rural Differences in Commuting in England: A Challenge to the Rural Sustainability Agenda?  Tony Champion  3. Affordability and Supply: The Rural Dimension  Glen Bramley and David Watkins  4. English Rural Housing Market Policy: Some Inconvenient Truths?  Mike Coombes  5. Planning for an Ageing Population in Rural England: The Place of Housing Design  Mark Bevan  6. Community Land Ownership, Housing and Sustainable Rural Communities  Madhu Satsangi  7. Affordable Housing in ‘Village England’: Towards a More Systematic Approach  Nick Gallent

Biography

Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. His main research interests are in the field of rural planning and housing.