Towns, High Streets and Resilience in Scotland: A Question for Policy?

The “death of the high street” has become a common refrain, particularly in United Kingdom, often accompanied by calls for action and demands improved resilience town centres streets. This paper considers policy context towns Scotland recent review country’s approach to towns, places. With adoption National Outcomes linked Nations Sustainable Development Goals declaration Climate Emergency, conclusion is drawn that more fundamental radical shift needed, if have any meaning, clearer widely understood conceptualisation needs be developed.