Not bad A Thourough and thoughtful piece of work Rural Economic Development SHOULD THE HARRIS SUPERQUARRY GO AHEAD ? Kenneth Mercer BSc Rural Resources III 16th December 1994 CONTENTS TABLE OF FIGURES         I 1 SUMMARY         1 2 INTRODUCTION         1 FIGURE 1 LOCATION OF THE SUPERQUARRY         2 3 THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE DEBATE         3 3.1 History         3 3.2 The reasons for the selection of Lingerbay         4 3.3 The need for economic development         4 3.4 Other incentives         5 3.5 The environmental concerns         5 3.6 Making the quarry more palatable         6 4 CONCLUSIONS         6 4.1 The case for development         6 4.2 The case against development         6 4.3 …showed first 75 words of 2117 total…

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