Rural planning in England: A critique of current policy

Town Planning Review

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-595

  Curry, Nigel ^a   Owen, Stephen ^a  

^a Countryside Planning ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY STRATEGY; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 71949091727     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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