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© 1986 Oxford University Press and the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics

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The U.K.: Rural development, issues and analysis*

IAN D. HODGE1 and MARTIN WHITBY2

1Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge U.K.
2Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne U.K.

Summary

This paper reviews the literature relating to rural development issues in Britain. The issues of depopulation and the decline of employment were dominant concerns in rural development up to the mid-1970s. Since then, the phenomena of counterurbanisation and the urban-rural manufacturing shift, and their consequences for rural areas, have become major themes. The spatial orientation of the subject has prompted some applications of techniques derived from regional economics. A greater body of research has concerned economic evaluation. Early studies relating to land use have been followed by applications to the issues of environmental change, settlement planning and employment, while some use has been made of Environmental Impact Analysis. The final section highlights some elements of the debate over policies for rural development and the institutional framework for their implementation.


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