Development of rural areas in Great Britain: account

Abstract

This account is placed within an approach at understanding European situations as regards development of rural areas. It suggests, on the one hand, the identification of the characteristics of British rural areas which are comparable or different from French areas, and on the other hand, the placing and description of the political questions which are important today in Great Britain for rural development and the methods which are being used to foster such a development. Among the comparable situations, a certain decline of rural areas is mentioned, then a certain revival, in taking the elements of the European Policy into account as well as welfare to the least favoured social strata. After a review of historical and cultural differences between the two countries, particularly on the level of town-countryside relations, the main questions which come up to the British society are developed in it.