256 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises 'urban fringe': the countryside around towns that has been called 'planning's last frontier'. One of the key challenges facing spatial planners is the land-use management of this area, regarded by many as fit only for locating sewage works, essential service functions and other un-neighbourly uses. However, to others it is a dynamic area... Read more

Preface  List of Figures  Glossary of Acronyms  Part 1: The Rural-Urban Fringe  1. Introduction  2. The Making of the Rural-Urban Fringe  Part 2: Multiple Fringes  3. A Historic Fringe  4. An Aesthetic Fringe  5. An Economic Fringe  6. A Socio-Cultural Fringe  7. An Ecological Fringe  Part 3: Planning the Edge  8. Land-Use Planning and Containment  9. Planning Reform and the Spatial Agenda  10. Conclusions  Bibliography  Index

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Gallent, Nick; Andersson, Johan; Bianconi, Marco

'The authors argue for a "made-in-the-fringe" approach to land use planning; in other words, land use policies that are informed by the fringe's unique social, environmental and economic characteristics ... This provocative and interesting thesis is carefully amd convincingly laid out in a concise and superbly written book.'Planning Practice and Research

 

'The authors expertly weave together ... a coherent and lively discussion of fringe planning and development.' Planning Practice and Research

 

'This is an excellent book and a must read for practising planners and students.'Planning Practice and Research