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Rural geography : processes, responses and experiences in rural restructuring / Michael Woods.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woods, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture and state.
- Rural conditions.
- Rural development.
- Sociology, Rural.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustration., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I - Introducing Rural Geography; Chapter 1 - Defining the Rural; Chapter 2 - Understanding the Rural; Part II -Processes of Rural Restructuring; Chapter 3 - Globalization, Modernity and the Rural World; Chapter 4 - Agricultural Change; Chapter 5 - The Changing Rural Economy; Chapter 6 - Social and Demographic Change; Chapter 7 - Changing Communities: Restructuring Rural Services; Chapter 8 - Environmental Change and Rural Areas; Part III - Responses to Rural Restructuring; Chapter 9 - Rural Policy and the Response to Restructuring
- Chapter 10 - Rural Development and RegenerationChapter 11 - Rural Governance; Chapter 12 - Selling the Countryside; Chapter 13 - Protecting the Countryside; Chapter 14 - Rural Conflicts; Part IV - Experiences of Rural Restructuring; Chapter 15 - Changing Rural Lifestyles; Chapter 16 - Living in the Countryside: Housing, Health and Crime; Chapter 17 - Growing Up and Growing Old in the Countryside; Chapter 18 - Working in the Countryside; Chapter 19 - Hidden Rural Lifestyles: Poverty and Social Exclusion; Chapter 20 - Rurality, National Identity and Ethnicity
- Chapter 21 - Alternative Rural LifestylesPart V - Conclusions; Chapter 22 - Thinking again about the Rural; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781446216415
- 9781446264249
- 1446264246
- 9780761947608
- 0761947604
- 9781283879538
- 1283879530
- 9781446240472
- 1446240479
- OCLC:
- 821183676
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