Nick Gallent Knihy

This book is suitable for students on sport and exercise science, sport psychology, sport studies and sports management courses who need to know what sport and exercise psychology is about.

Focusing on community-based planning in England, this book provides a critical examination of neighbourhood planning activities. It explores the concept of collaborative rationality, discussing its effectiveness and limitations in fostering community engagement and decision-making. Through this lens, the text delves into the complexities of local governance and the challenges faced by communities in shaping their environments.

The book explores the complex dynamics between individuals and economies regarding residential property, highlighting how housing's social role as a home is overshadowed by its economic function as an asset. It critiques the transformation of housing in the twentieth century, which has led to significant social inequality, with properties being used primarily for wealth accumulation and investment. The narrative emphasizes the detrimental impact of government policies aimed at inflating house prices, exacerbating the housing crisis and societal disparities.

Key challenges in rural areas are critically analyzed, highlighting the impact of public policy and community initiatives on rural spaces. This updated edition delves into the complexities of rural planning, emphasizing entrepreneurial social action, accessibility, and transportation issues. It also explores the ecosystem approach to environmental planning, offering a comprehensive perspective on how these factors intertwine to shape rural landscapes and communities.

This book provides a compact analysis for students and early-career practitioners of the critical connections between place capitals and the broader practices of planning, seeded within rural communities. It introduces the breadth of the discipline, presenting examples of what planning means and what it can achieve in different rural places.

This book examines the flow of investment into rural land assets in Europe, particularly farmland, woodland and wineries, but extending also to leisure uses such as golf courses and theme parks. It explores the characteristics of investors in rural land and their motivations before undertaking an analysis of the place impacts of investment, viewing ‘new money’ as a potential development opportunity, delivering a variety of outcomes for local landscapes and communities. After providing introductory insights into rural land investment and the measurement of associated impacts, ten case studies – from different European locations – explore actual investment motives and local impacts. The book concludes with a synthesis of investment experiences and an assessment of the transformative changes brought to rural areas by the flow of new money.

Reconceiving the current housing crisis in England as a 'wicked' problem, this book situates the crisis in a broader range of socio-economic issues and calls for a change in how housing is produced and consumed.

An examination of housing access and affordability barriers in rural England. Village Housing explores the housing challenges faced by England's amenity villages, rooted in post-war counter-urbanization and a rising tide of investment demand for rural homes. It tracks solutions to date and considers what further actions might be taken to increase the equity of housing outcomes and thereby support rural economies and alternate rural futures. The authors examine first the interwar reliance on landowners to provide tied housing and post-war diversification of responses to rising housing access difficulties, including from the public and third sectors; second, recent community-led responses; and third, actions that disrupt established production processes: self-build, low impact development, and a re-emergence of council provision. These responses to the village housing challenges are set against a broader backdrop of structural constraints and opportunities to reduce those constraints through planning, land, and tax reforms that can broaden the social inclusivity and diversity of villages and support their economic well-being.