Rural Planning, Ecology and Rural Development: Models Based on Dutch and British Experience.

Models of action-planning systems, planning methods, and implementation schemes for rural development are presented in this paper. The Dutch experience describes the elements of rural planning and contributing sciences or skills, implementation and action, and organization for planning. Various aspects of the British model are compared to the Dutch model. It is noted that since the models seem to fit the approach and experience of 2 countries with relatively well-developed rural planning systems, they should have some transfer potential. (PS)