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Market towns : roles, challenges and prospects

Title
Market towns : roles, challenges and prospects / edited by Neil Powe, Trevor Hart and Tim Shaw.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Powe, Neil A., 1969-
  • Hart, Trevor.
  • Shaw, Tim.
Description
xiii, 183 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
This book explores the future for market towns as focal points for trade, services and regeneration in rural areas, making recommendations for future policy to guide future development and achieve sustainability.
Subject
  • Market towns > Great Britain
  • Rural development > Great Britain
  • Regional planning > Great Britain
  • Market towns
  • Regional planning
  • Rural development
  • Marktplatz
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176) and index.
Contents
The challenges of understanding market towns / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart, Tim Shaw -- Market town characteristics / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart -- Exploring contemporary functional roles / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart, Tim Shaw -- Policies for market towns / Trevor Hart -- Transport and mobility in the English market town / Geoff Vigar -- Ready or not : the ageing of the market towns' population / Rose Gilroy, Liz Brooks, Timothy Shaw -- Market towns, housing and regeneration / Stuart Cameron, Mark Shucksmith -- Capacity vs. need : exploring regional differences in housing provision in market towns / Susannah Gunn, Neil Powe -- Market towns and rural employment / Trevor Hart, Neil Powe -- Visiting the shops : rural service centre or visitor attraction? / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart -- Drivers for change in the case study towns / Trevor Hart, Neil Powe -- Market towns : roles, challenges, and prospects / Trevor Hart, Neil Powe -- Appendix 1: A short history of market towns / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart -- Appendix 2 : A short guide to the English development planning system / Trevor Hart.
ISBN
  • 0415389623
  • 9780415389624
  • 0203089448
  • 9780203089446
LCCN
2007014024
OCLC
  • ocn123029354
  • 123029354
  • SCSB-14655508
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library