Land-use change in the ‘edgelands’: Policies and pressures in London's rural–urban fringe | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
décembre 2011
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
AGRIS:US201500217137
Pages: 
266-279

Green Belt policies have helped to create chaotic landscapes at the rural–urban interfaces of the United Kingdom's largest cities. Their prime functions, to control urban sprawl and preserve an encircling green girdle to separate the urban from the open countryside, have created ‘edgelands’ that have been remarkably dynamic despite relatively strong controls on certain types of development. A detailed case study of one part of London's Metropolitan Green Belt, drawing upon analysis of planning registers, reveals long-term trends in land-use change linked to the development controls operated within the context of the Green Belt and the adjacent built-up area. This paper also outlines the history of the Green Belt policy in the United Kingdom (UK) and discusses recently proposed policy changes that have provoked ongoing debate about this form of control on urban sprawl and its consequences for the land use of Green Belts and the edgelands.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Gant, Robert L.
Robinson, Guy M.
Fazal, Shahab

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