People's Charter? : Forty Years of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (U. K.)

Since 1949 in Britain, the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act has been the foundation on which statutory conservation and recreation powers have rested: calling into being national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty, while making provision for public access. It was also the instrument by which national nature reserves and sites of special scientific interest were designated. But did the Act meet the expectations of those who had fought so long and hard for it? What have been its achievements in the years since? What legacy has it left to fashion the countryside of tomorrow in Britain? A panel of writers provides the answers.Blunden, John is the author of 'People's Charter? : Forty Years of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (U. K.)', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788166624 and ISBN 078816662X.