
Planning on the Edge
More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises ''urban fringe'': the countryside around towns that has been called ''planning''s last frontier''. One of the key challenges facing spatial planners is the land-use management of this area, regarded by many as fit only for locating sewage works, essential service functions and other un-neighbourly uses. However, to others it is a dynamic area ...
More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises ''urban fringe'': the countryside around towns that has been called ''planning''s last frontier''. One of the key challenges facing spatial planners is the land-use management of this area, regarded by many as fit only for locating sewage works, essential service functions and other un-neighbourly uses. However, to others it is a dynamic area ...