1. Managing Environmental Change at the Rural Urban Fringe

2. What is the RUF? “The fringe is not just the place where town meets country but a collection of dynamic and productive environments set in inspiring cultural landscapes, meeting the needs of both the present and helping to change the way we live in the future”. Spedding 2004:1

3. Differing perspectives

5. A transition phase/edge which is largely placeless? (Qvistrom, 2005)

6. Metaphor of the fringe as a ‘weed’ (Cresswell 1997)

7. Battleground between urban and rural uses (Hough, 1990)

9. Fringe problem Forgotten zone Zone of expansion and change but also fossilisation and preservation Zone lacking any explicit champion Zone lacking detailed insight into people who live and work there Zone of challenge and opportunity.......

11. David Jarvis DJA Consultants CI

12. Ruth Waters/Andrew Hearle Natural England CI

13. Karen Leach/Chris Crean Localise West Midlands CI

14. Miriam Kennet Green Economics Institute CI

15. Keith Budden Birmingham Environment Partnership CI

16. Bob Forster West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum CI

18. The Project Path

20. Workshops West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum Improving decision making for the sustainable management of the rural-urban fringe 25 participants Green Economics Institute Long Termism in the Built Environment: the Rural Urban Fringe and Land Use, 65 participants Birmingham Environmental Partnership (+ Sustainability West midlands + Chamber of Commerce) Bridging the rural urban divide through green economic opportunities for Birmingham and our Local Enterprise Partners (environmental governance); 88 participants Localise West Midlands Meeting local needs with local resources in the rural urban fringe 15 participants BCU Learning the lessons from Strategic planning: resurrecting institutional memories 14 participants Forest Research Values and Decision making 8 participants

21. In action

22. Outputs Policy Briefs Spatial Planning and Ecosystem Services Long Termisim – Temporal Perspectives Partnerships in Green-Grey-Blue Infrastructure planning Values and decision making Culminating in overarching principles to manage change to best advantage Distilled through booklets and the final conference to target Policy makers from national – local levels Companies/organisations/charities who deal with RUF related issues Communities via the localism and Big Society agendas

23. How the IBDA couldbecome involved? Case studies North Worcester How IBDA will work as a whole landscape scale approach Linkages with SP and ES For further information please visit: http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects