Rural Geography Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring

Name: Rural Geography Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring
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ISBN: 9780761947615

ISBN-10: 0761947612

ISBN-13: 9780761947615

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael Woods

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An introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world, 'Rural Geography' examines the social and economic processes at work in the countryside.

Book details

List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 1/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.40" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298

Michael Woods is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth



Introducing Rural Geography


Defining the Rural


Understanding the Rural



Processes of Rural Restructuring


Globalization, Modernity and the Rural World


Agricultural Change


The Changing Rural Economy


Social and Demographic Change


Changing Communities


Restructuring Rural Services


Environmental Change and Rural Areas



Responses to Rural Restructuring


Rural Policy and the Response to Restructuring


Rural Development and Regeneration


Rural Governance


Selling the Countryside


Protecting the Countryside


Rural Conflicts



Experiences of Rural Restructuring


Changing Rural Lifestyles


Living in the Countryside


Housing, Health and Crime


Growing Up and Growing Old in the Countryside


Working in the Countryside


Hidden Rural Lifestyles


Poverty and Social Exclusion


Rurality, National Identity and Ethnicity


Alternative Rural Lifestyles



Conclusion


Thinking Again about the Rural