Groundwork in the UK: The Urban Fringe and Beyond

Jones, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-9566-9393 (2024) Groundwork in the UK: The Urban Fringe and Beyond. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 8 (14). art 6378. doi:10.24294/jipd6378

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Abstract

The urban fringe – the zone lying between urban areas and the countryside, - offers valuable opportunities for commercial and residential development as well as for recreational activities, but it is often characterised by a number of land use problems and environmental conflicts. Within the UK, the urban fringe can be seen as a contested and dynamic space, yet for almost 70 years statutory town planning policies for the urban fringe have been largely concerned with containment designed to stop urban encroachment into the countryside. However, in 1970s a number of experimental urban fringe management projects were established around town and cities within the UK, culminating in the creation of the Groundwork projects, and here the focus was on a wider and more flexible approach, and more specifically on providing a range of opportunities for recreation, and to attempt to reconcile environmental conflicts. This paper explores the evolution of Groundwork, and more specifically focuses on two Research Questions namely, what was the initial rationale and aims of Groundwork? and secondly what is its current focus and future direction?

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Groundwork; urban fringe; urban planning; sustainable development; local communities
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Anne Pengelly
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2024 10:27
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2024 14:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14320

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