Stability of village life is urban myth
Language: English Series: Daily Telegraph ; 28 May 1999, 6(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: Discusses a survey of 15,000 village dwellers for Country Illustrated magazine. Amongst other findings, 79% of villagers believed there was no need for further house building. Half of these gave the fear of badly designed new houses as their reason for opposition, saying they did not oppose building in traditional materials or vernacular styles. There was strong opposition to development outside village boundaries.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Discusses a survey of 15,000 village dwellers for Country Illustrated magazine. Amongst other findings, 79% of villagers believed there was no need for further house building. Half of these gave the fear of badly designed new houses as their reason for opposition, saying they did not oppose building in traditional materials or vernacular styles. There was strong opposition to development outside village boundaries.