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Accessible Settlements Study for Greater Nottingham February 2010 |
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This study was prepared by Nottinghamshire County Council with the assistance and contributions from Derbyshire County Council, the Greater Nottingham authorities and Ashfield,
The purpose of the work is to establish common means of measuring and assessing in general terms the level of accessibility of existing settlements, particularly in terms of their residents access to jobs, shopping, education and other services by walking, cycling and public transport.
The work evaluates on a consistent basis across the whole study area the ease of accessibility to a range of facilities and services such as pubs, post offices and bus services. These are those which would contribute to a high quality of life for people and which, if more accessible in low-carbon means for a greater number of people, would contribute to sustainable development and the objectives of the emerging Local Development Framework Core Strategies. This is one aspect of identifying more sustainable settlements and which ones are best placed to accommodate future growth.
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