Many coastal towns in England face a unique set of overlapping challenges: a longstanding socio-economic stagnation and environmental threats coming from the physical location. This paper examines coastal communities in the context of the left-behind debate. The consequences of de-industrialisation and failures in public policies recall other left-behind geographies. We look at a selection of case studies, apparently dealing with the decline of traditional coastal economic activities, but really affected by a decoupling of their socio-economic profile from their coastal specificity. More work is needed to nurture the existing coastal imaginaries, requiring regional coordination and a place-based approach to regeneration.

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沿海城镇作为“留守地”：经济、环境与规划

英格兰的许多沿海城镇面临着一系列独特的重叠挑战：长期的社会经济停滞和来自地理位置的环境威胁。本文在留守辩论的背景下研究了沿海社区。去工业化和公共政策失败的后果让人想起其他落后地区。我们研究了一些案例研究，表面上是针对传统沿海经济活动的衰落，但实际上是受到其社会经济状况与其沿海特殊性脱钩的影响。需要做更多的工作来培育现有的沿海想象，需要区域协调和基于地方的再生方法。