An Introduction to Rural Settlement Planning.
This book, first published in 1983, provided the first thorough and informative introduction to the theory, practice and politics of rural settlement planning. It surveys the conceptual and ideological leanings of those who have developed, implemented and revised rural settlement practice, and gives...
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Routledge,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; An Introduction to Rural Settlement Planning; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Guide to reading; 1 Introduction; Area and planning precedents; Policy preparation; The written policy; Policy implementation; What actually happens; 2 Change in rural settlements; Definitions; Change
- past and present; Agents of change; Resulting rural conditions; Settlement categorization; 3 Theory and rural settlement planning; A taxonomy of contextual theoretical options.
- Contextual theory and rural settlement planning: a repriseFormative theories I: a hierarchical settlement pattern; Formative theories II: changing thresholds; Formative theories III: economies of scale; Formative theories IV: growth centres; A note on conservationism and environmentalism; Conclusion; 4 Central government legislation and advice; Why is it important?; The early years; The 1947 planning system; The 1968 planning system; Government inputs to planning
- a concluding note; 5 Development plans and their reviews; Development plans
- the written policies; Development plans reviewed.
- The achievements of rural development plansContemporary rural planning overseas; 6 Structure-plan policies; Contemporary rural planning attitudes; Policy preparation; Rural settlement policies; 7 Establishing a policy framework; Key settlement policies; Alternative framework policies; Economic evaluation of policy alternatives; Evaluation and rural policy-making; 8 Rural settlement planning in practice; Participant planning agencies; Development control processes; Political involvement in rural settlement planning; Planning and rural people; Resource allocation agencies.
- 9 Policy implementationThe policy-implementation gap; The concept of implementation; Implementation in current rural settlement planning; Conclusions; 10 Local planning in rural areas; Village plans; The local-plan concept; The content of rural local plans; The effects of local plans; 11 Special cases: the role of designated areas; Rural settlements in designated areas; National parks; Other designated landscape areas; Green belts; Conservation areas; Conclusion; 12 What future?; Current problems and issues: a reprise; Current policy responses and issues: a reprise.
- Harnessing existing resourcesAttracting new resources; Conclusion; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.