Sustainable communities

Sustainable communities: -are areas that are economically prosperous -have decent homes at a price people can afford -safeguard the countryside -enjoy a well-designed, accessible and pleasant living and working environment; and -are effectively and fairly represented and governed, with a strong sense of community. (Source: DETR: Sustainable communities ? building for the future, 2003, www.communities.gov.uk/documents/ communities/pdf/146289.pdf)