Geography and planning in remote rural areas : with special reference to Mid-Wales and the Borders and South-East Switzerland

Grafton, David John (1980) Geography and planning in remote rural areas : with special reference to Mid-Wales and the Borders and South-East Switzerland. University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the human geography of remote rural areas in Western Europe and post-war changes therein, with specific attention being paid to the role of planning policy. Case-study examples are taken from MidWales and the Borders and from the canton of Graubunden (Grisons) in Switzerland. From a discussion of the more general processes shaping the human geography of remote rural areas, attention is directed towards the so-called 'problem' characteristics ofsuch areas. From an examination of the spatial pattern of such characteristics, a new definition of remote rural areas is offered and the case-study regions selected on this basis. Problems of small-area data analysis are discussed and the chisquare technique adopted to overcome such difficulties. The results from the application of this method to data from the case-study regions are evaluated in relation to changing planning policies during the post-war period. The thesis concludes that a new approach to planning in remote rural areas is required and an appraisal is made of the alternative forms that such a policy could take.

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