FUTURE LANDSCAPES

The book examines the changing countryside under the influence of regional development and changing land use patterns. Chapters discuss such topics as changes in farming, the landscape and the rural community. One chapter 'transport in the countryside' examines the effect of a gradually changing transport system on a rural community. The increasing use of private transport, offering increased mobility to rural communities, has reduced the remoteness of rural areas. This in turn has led to the withdrawal of bus and train services so depriving the non-car owning section of the population of transport facilities. The effect of policies designed to encourage the concentration of shopping and employment facilities is discussed as well as the direction of financial support to encourage public transport in rural areas. The effect of increasing tourist traffic accessibility and highway construction on the countryside is also examined. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Chatto and Windus Limited

  William IV Street
  London WC2,   England 
• Authors:
  • Macewen, M E
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bus transportation; Buses; Employment; Environmental impacts; Farms; General surface features of the earth; Land use; Mobility; Private transportation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Road construction; Rural areas; Shopping; Tourism
• Uncontrolled Terms: Landscape; Line closure
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 9105: Mobility (pers); 746: Private transport; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 328: Rural area; 9143: Tourism
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157380
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0 7011 2170 X
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1981 12:00AM