Rural Evidence Base

Evidence provides an important basis of policy and strategy development and informs the Agency’s interventions. Advantage West Midlands has commissioned a range of studies to maintain an up to date evidence base providing in depth understanding of our rural areas and tools to support policy development. The studies fall in to a number of broad areas:

Rural Economy
Sustainable Rural Communities
Access to Services
Sustainable Land Management

Rural Economy:

West Midlands Rural Overview Report (2007)

West Midlands Rural Economy 'Baseline' Paper 1 (2007)

West Midlands Rural Economy working Paper 2 (2007)

West Midlands Rural Economy Study Paper 3: The Rural Economy and Housing in the West Midlands (2008)

West Midlands Rural Economy Study Paper 4: Case Studies of Market Town and Urban Centre' matched pair' ( 2008)

Rural Economy Data Sets (2007)

Creative Workspace Provision in and for the Rural Regeneration Zone (2006)

Skills needs in the Rural Economy of the West Midlands (2006)

Rural Skills needs in the West Mildands (2006)

West Midlands Business Connect : Report on pilot Project (2005)

Summary Assessment of the West Midlands Rural Economy (2003)

Testing the Rural Regeneration Framework (2002)

Getting Back on Track – Regenerating Rural Life (2003)

Sustainable Rural Communities:

Birmingham, Black Country and City Region Urban Rural Interdependencies Study (2008)

An Evaluation of the Market Towns Programme - Final Report (2008)

The Extent, Size and Characteristics of the Migrant workforce in the Vale of Evesham : Executive Summary (2006)

The Voluntary and Community Sector Lessons Learned from the Foot and Mouth Crisis : Summary Leaflet (2004)

Learning from the long-term Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease on the Voluntary and Community Sector in the West Midlands : Executive Summary (2003)

The Value and Potential of Local Food Initiatives in the West Midlands (2003)

Urban Rural Interdependence in the West Midlands (2003)

Access to Services:

Rural Accessibility to Services Framework for the West Midlands (2007)

Rural Accessibility to Services Framework for the West Midlands, Framework Summary (2007)

Rural Accessibility to Services Framework for the West Midlands : Executive Summary (2007)

Rural Transport and Access in the West Midlands (2005)

Rural Transport and Accessibility Study : Executive Summary (2005)

Sustainable Land Management:

Common Agricultural Policy Reform and Land Based Economy Futures Study (2008)

West Midlands Non Food Crops Opportunity Mapping Study (2007)

The Environmental Economy of Shropshire - An Economic Profile (2006)

Developing the Rural Environmental Economy of the West Midlands (2005)

Developing the Rural Environmental Economy of the West Midlands – Summary (2006)

Informal Recreation in the West Midlands (2003)

The Economic Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease in the West Midlands (2001)

The Environmental Economy of the West Midlands (2001)

The Environmental Economy of Protected Landscapes in the West Midlands (2001)

Your Advantage West Midlands contact

Ian Baker
Head of Rural Renaissance Policy
ianbaker@advantagewm.co.uk
T: 0121 503 3259

Ian Edwards
Partnerships Team Leader (Regen Zone Secretariat)
ianedwards@advantagewm.co.uk
T: 0121 503 3423

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