The rural housing question: Community and planning in Britain's countrysides - Softcover

Satsangi, Madhu; Gallent, Nick; Bevan, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847423841 ISBN 13: 9781847423849

Publisher: Policy Press, 2010

Synopsis

For the past century, governments have been compelled, time and again, to return to the search for solutions to the housing and economic challenges posed by a restructuring countryside. The rural housing question is an analysis of the complexity of housing and development tensions in the rural areas of England, Wales and Scotland. It analyses a range of topics: from attitudes to rural development, economic change, land use, planning and counter-urbanisation; through retirement and ageing, leisure consumption, lifestyle shifts and homelessness; to public and private house building, private and public renting and community initiatives. Across this spectrum of concerns, it attempts to isolate the fundamental tensions that give the rural housing question an intractable quality. The book is aimed at policy makers, researchers, students and anyone with an interest in the future of the British countryside.

About this title

About the Author:

Madhu Satsangi, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Nick Gallent, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London and Mark Bevan, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York

Review:

The authors build on their already extensive repertoire of insights on British rural housing in this volume, providing a comprehensive assessment of policy issues and conundrums for key rural housing questions. Professor Keith Hoggart, King's College, London

Rural housing is the key issue in rural Britain. This authoritative and stimulating book provides a clear and comprehensive review of research and policy. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in the future of our countryside. Professor Mark Shucksmith OBE, Newcastle University

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847423841
• ISBN 13: 9781847423849
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288