The Challenges Facing Britain's Coastal Communities

A Neglected Divide
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2576-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Much has been said about the concept of the ‘left-behind’ in modern Britain and the role that this played in Brexit, but why have the many problems facing coastal communities been overlooked by the media and national policy?

With evidence that coastal areas have generally borne the brunt of deprivation and may be the last to recover from the current economic downturn, the need for a sustainable model of coastal regeneration has never been greater. This book explains the factors behind the decline of coastal areas, provides new data on the ways this has manifested with respect to economic, social, health and education outcomes and suggests how policy reform can create dynamic, thriving coastal communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asthana, Sheena

Agarwal, Sheela

Gibson, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Economic Inequality: The Coastal Dimension

3. Economic Change, Restructuring and ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities

4. Developing and Regenerating the Uks ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities

5. Inequality and Social Justice: The Coastal Dimension

6. Growing up in Coastal Communities

7. Growing Old in Coastal Communities

8. Health in Coastal Communities

9. (Displaced) Coastal Cultures

10. Public Services in Coastal Areas

11. Variations in Education Spending and Outcomes

12. Variations in Children’s Services

13. Variations in Social Care for Older People

14. Variations in Access to Health Care

15. (Re)Connecting the Cultures of Coastal Communities

16. Britain’s Coastal Communities in Global Context

Über Autor(innen)

Sheena Asthana is Director of the Centre for Health Technology at the University of Plymouth and co-Directs the Centre for Coastal Communities.

Sheela Agarwal is Professor of Regional Economic Development and Coastal Futures and Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth.

Alex Gibson is Senior Research Fellow in the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth.