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Small town planning practitioners should identify appropriate areas for residential expansion. They should encourage an open dialogue between housing developers and the community from the earliest possible stage to ensure a high-quality site-specific design for new areas. A diverse range of housing types should be provided. Encouraging mixed-use developments, with business and retail properties and community facilities located within residential areas will reduce the dormitory feel. It will encourage people to join into their local community, and greatly enhance the local sense of place. Housing designs should be more environmentally-conscious and, where possible, utilise local skills and materials to create buildings that contribute positively to local identity.
Recommended Reading:
Gallent, N., Shucksmith, M., and Tewdwr-Jones, M. (2003) Housing in the European Countryside: Rural pressure and policy in Western Europe (London: Routledge).
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