Taylor, Ian; Tricker, Mike - In: Local Economy 21 (2006) 3, pp. 279-291
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak of 2001 in the UK was completely unprecedented in its scale and severity, with over four million animals culled and a cost to the Exchequer of over £4 billion. Local authorities were at the front line in dealing with the outbreak, in coordinating the...