1st Edition
The Settlement Patterns of Britain Past, Present and the Future Foretold in Eight Essays
By Nick Green
Copyright 2022
200 Pages
71 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
71 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
71 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In writing The Settlement Patterns of Britain Nick Green was inspired by the short story genre. His book is a collection of eight non-fiction short stories or essays, where the characters are the places, some of which appear more than once, usually as bit-part players, occasionally as the main protagonist. Preceded by a prologue describing Britain’s prehistory as a European peninsula, each... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements
0. The Dawning of the Tenth Wave: A Prologue to the Eight Essays
1. Of Hillforts and Homesteads: Settlement Patterns in the Bronze and Iron Ages
2. See, The Conquering Bureaucrat Comes: Roman-British Settlement Patterns, c. 150 AD
3. To Be, Then Not To Be: The Demise of the Hamlet in England, 850–1086
4. A Small Town in Gloucestershire: Cirencester and the International Wool Trade
5. Travels with Mr Defoe and Some Others: Journeys Through Britain’s Pre-Industrial Settlement Patterns
6. Towards Hyper-Polycentricity: Or What a Giant Fungus Can Teach Us About Settlement Patterns
7. The Uses of Consolatory Fables: How Computer Models Can Help Us Understand Settlement Patterns
8. Biography of an Island Foretold
Bibliography
Index
0. The Dawning of the Tenth Wave: A Prologue to the Eight Essays
1. Of Hillforts and Homesteads: Settlement Patterns in the Bronze and Iron Ages
2. See, The Conquering Bureaucrat Comes: Roman-British Settlement Patterns, c. 150 AD
3. To Be, Then Not To Be: The Demise of the Hamlet in England, 850–1086
4. A Small Town in Gloucestershire: Cirencester and the International Wool Trade
5. Travels with Mr Defoe and Some Others: Journeys Through Britain’s Pre-Industrial Settlement Patterns
6. Towards Hyper-Polycentricity: Or What a Giant Fungus Can Teach Us About Settlement Patterns
7. The Uses of Consolatory Fables: How Computer Models Can Help Us Understand Settlement Patterns
8. Biography of an Island Foretold
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Nick Green is a Senior Tutor in the School of Planning and Environmental Management, University of Manchester. He is a member of the Town and Country Planning Association and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
This is a richly researched and consistently informed piece of writing that provides both a light touch and detailed account of key considerations.
Town Planning Review (volume 94, no 6).
