Caring for Place: Community Development in Rural England - Paperback

by Patsy Healey (Author)

This book draws on preeminent planning theorist Patsy Healey's personal experiences as a resident of a small rural town in England, to explore what place and community mean in a particular context, and how different initiatives struggle to get a stake in the wider governance relations while maintaining their own focus and ways of working.

Author Biography

Patsy Healey is a retired planning professor who has recently been involved in community development activity in the rural area where she lives. She is well known in planning academia and she is still connected to the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University, United Kingdom.