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Explora: Environment
and Resource Conservation, recreation, or both?

to explore the nature of its involvement with the concept 2. Methodology
more closely, and to understand their enthusiasm for the The NTS engaged with the country park initiative in five
idea. Jan Woudstra and I have suggested that site-specific separate instances. Each of these is presented as a case study,
case studies would help to address questions about country showing in detail how the organisation worked to secure or
park development; such an approach might include studies failed to secure, the outcome it sought. This approach allows
of proprietorship and rationale, as in this paper, which not only an understanding of the background to each of the
considers five examples where the NTS engaged – in five cases but also enables exploration of the similarities and
different ways that reflect distinct contextual influences – contrasts in the approach taken across the country park era,
with the country park agenda (Figure 1). 33 which lasted from 1967 to around 1992 when CCS lost its

Figure 1. Map showing locations of case studies within Scotland

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