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

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Introduction / Neil Powe and Trevor Hart -- Market town characteristics / Neil Powe and Trevor Hart -- Exploring contemporary functional roles / Neil Powe, Trevor Hart, and Timothy Shaw -- Policies for market towns / Trevor Hart -- Transport / Geoff Vigar -- Ready or not : the ageing of the market towns' population / Rose Gilroy, Liz Brooks, and Timothy Shaw -- Market towns, housing, and regeneration / Stuart Cameron and Mark Shucksmith -- Capacity vs. need : exploring regional differences in housing provision in market towns / Susannah Gunn and Neil Powe -- Market towns and rural employment / Trevor Hart and Neil Powe -- Visiting the shops : rural service centre or visitor attraction? / Neil Powe and Trevor Hart -- Drivers for change in the case study towns / Trevor Hart, Neil Powe, and Timothy Shaw -- Market towns : roles, challenges, and prospects / Trevor Hart and Neil Powe -- Appendix 1: A short history of market towns / Neil Powe and Trevor Hart -- Appendix 2: A short guide to the English development planning system / Trevor Hart
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Market towns -- Great Britain
Rural development -- Great Britain
Regional planning -- Great Britain
Market towns
Regional planning
Rural development
Marktplatz
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Form Electronic book
Author Powe, Neil A., 1969-
Hart, Trevor
Shaw, Tim
LC no. 2007014024
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