Urban Leisure Provision and the Role of the Public Sector

Abstract

It is apparent from the preceding chapters that statutory planning has become largely concerned with the control of development. Whilst this role might be perfectly adequate for a market economy with no public provision or direction, it is clear that in a mixed economy there is a need to plan both market and non-market provision. This has inevitably meant that local authorities have, over the last century, occupied the joint roles of recreation provider and planning authority. Indeed, earlier chapters have shown how these roles have both developed from their common origin of concern for the physical health and moral condition of the working class (Glyptis 1989).