Recreation in the urban fringe. In: Research on the urban fringe. Report of a seminar organized by the Countryside Commission, Brunel University, June 1978
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Conference and Seminar Papers, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham 6: 11-18
1979
Document Number: 251134
The themes discussed in this session were: (1) Are the assumptions underlying the policy of recreational provision in the urban fringe viable, namely that: (a) urban fringe provision attracts visitors who would otherwise visit more remote parts of the countryside and therefore relieves pressure on the latter, (b) urban fringe provision is more accessible to urban areas and can therefore cater for the needs of those deprived groups who would not otherwise be able to visit the countryside; (2) The type of recreational provision required in the urban fringe; and (3) The special administrative problems which arise in providing urban fringe recreational facilities. It was concluded that the assumptions upon which urban fringe recreational policies were based were insecure and that research could profitably be pursued on: individual decision-making on countryside trip taking; the relative attraction of different types of site; the extent of recreational pressures in remote countryside areas; attitudes to countryside recreation of the urban deprived; costs and feasibility of countryside recreation trips by public transport; the effectiveness of administrative models for recreational facilities; the extent of private club use of prime recreational land.