Sheena Asthana is Director of the Centre for Health Technology and the Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities at the University of Plymouth. Sheela Agarwal is Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities and Associate Head of Plymouth’s Business School for Research and Impact at the University of Plymouth.Alex Gibson is Senior Research Fellow in the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth.

'This book adds a whole new level of understanding to the isolation and the needs of our coastal communities.' Lord Bassam of Brighton, Member of the House of Lords

• 1. Introduction2. Economic Inequality: The Coastal Dimension3. Economic Change, Restructuring and ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities4. Developing and Regenerating the Uks ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities5. Inequality and Social Justice: The Coastal Dimension6. Growing up in Coastal Communities7. Growing Old in Coastal Communities8. Health in Coastal Communities9. (Displaced) Coastal Cultures10. Public Services in Coastal Areas11. Variations in Education Spending and Outcomes12. Variations in Children’s Services13. Variations in Social Care for Older People14. Variations in Access to Health Care15. (Re)Connecting the Cultures of Coastal Communities16. Britain’s Coastal Communities in Global Context

Sheena Asthana is Director of the Centre for Health Technology and the Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities at the University of Plymouth. Sheela Agarwal is Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities and Associate Head of Plymouth’s Business School for Research and Impact at the University of Plymouth.Alex Gibson is Senior Research Fellow in the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth.

'This book adds a whole new level of understanding to the isolation and the needs of our coastal communities.' Lord Bassam of Brighton, Member of the House of Lords

• 1. Introduction2. Economic Inequality: The Coastal Dimension3. Economic Change, Restructuring and ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities4. Developing and Regenerating the Uks ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities5. Inequality and Social Justice: The Coastal Dimension6. Growing up in Coastal Communities7. Growing Old in Coastal Communities8. Health in Coastal Communities9. (Displaced) Coastal Cultures10. Public Services in Coastal Areas11. Variations in Education Spending and Outcomes12. Variations in Children’s Services13. Variations in Social Care for Older People14. Variations in Access to Health Care15. (Re)Connecting the Cultures of Coastal Communities16. Britain’s Coastal Communities in Global Context

Sheena Asthana is Director of the Centre for Health Technology and the Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities at the University of Plymouth. Sheela Agarwal is Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities and Associate Head of Plymouth’s Business School for Research and Impact at the University of Plymouth.Alex Gibson is Senior Research Fellow in the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth.

'This book adds a whole new level of understanding to the isolation and the needs of our coastal communities.' Lord Bassam of Brighton, Member of the House of Lords

• 1. Introduction2. Economic Inequality: The Coastal Dimension3. Economic Change, Restructuring and ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities4. Developing and Regenerating the Uks ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Communities5. Inequality and Social Justice: The Coastal Dimension6. Growing up in Coastal Communities7. Growing Old in Coastal Communities8. Health in Coastal Communities9. (Displaced) Coastal Cultures10. Public Services in Coastal Areas11. Variations in Education Spending and Outcomes12. Variations in Children’s Services13. Variations in Social Care for Older People14. Variations in Access to Health Care15. (Re)Connecting the Cultures of Coastal Communities16. Britain’s Coastal Communities in Global Context