Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning
About the Book Series
This series is concerned with the challenges confronting rural communities, economies and landscapes and how the needs of people in rural areas might be met now and in the future. Comprising research monographs and edited volumes, the titles in this well-established series provide critical insights into topics directly related to planning strategy and the implementation of policy across diverse rural regions. Global in scope, contributions include theoretical treatments as well as empirical studies that tackle issues such as rural development, place-based governance, demography, and rural spatial change.
We are seeking proposals for research monographs, edited collections and student or practitioner focused textbooks. Books included in the series will draw on rigorous empirical research and in-depth case studies, as well as novel and innovative theoretical developments in the field of rural policy and planning.
Possible topics from Global North, Global South and comparative contexts include:
- Crisis, resilience and rural planning responses
- Climate action and rural regions
- Nature restoration and landscape scale spatial planning
- Rural housing, affordability, and quality
- Counterurbanisation, rural gentrification and mobilities
- Rural spatial justice, just transitions and ‘left behind places’
- Inclusive practices - the right to rural, Indigenous, feminist, queer perspectives
- Place-based development and rural sustainability
- Rural economies and place-based strategies
- Conflict and development in the global countryside
- Managing rural heritage, cultural landscapes, artistic practice and rural planning
We are very happy to discuss any ideas for the series. If you are interested in writing or editing a book, please contact one of the series editors along with the Routledge Editor:
Series Editors:
Prof Mark Scott, [email protected]
Prof Nick Gallent, [email protected]
Prof Menelaos Gkartzios, [email protected]
Routledge Editor:
Faye Leerink, [email protected]
Rural Transformations: Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies
1st Edition
Edited
By Holly R. Barcus, Roy Jones, Serge Schmitz
September 25, 2023
This book focuses on the transformation of rural places, peoples, and land endemic to the contemporary manifestations of globalization. Migration, global economic restructuring, and climate change are rapidly transforming rural places across the globe. Yet, global attention characteristically ...
Governance for Mediterranean Silvopastoral Systems: Lessons from the Iberian Dehesas and Montados
1st Edition
Edited
By Teresa Pinto-Correia, Maria Helena Guimarães, Gerardo Moreno, Rufino Acosta Naranjo
May 31, 2023
This book is about the resilience of silvo-pastoral systems now, and in the future. As such, it is about people. The goal is to fill the gap in the knowledge on silvo-pastoral systems and their changing trends, by adding the human dimension, with enough detail to draw inferences about the new ...
Politics and Policies of Rural Authenticity
1st Edition
Edited
By Pavel Pospěch, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad, Elisabete Figueiredo
May 31, 2023
This book explores the notion of rurality and how it is used and produced in various contexts, including within populist politics which derives their legitimacy from the rural-urban divide. The gap between the ‘common people’ and the ‘elites’ is widening again as images of rurality are promoted as ...
Rural Gerontology: Towards Critical Perspectives on Rural Ageing
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Skinner, Rachel Winterton, Kieran Walsh
May 31, 2023
This book provides the first foundation of knowledge about the intellectual traditions, contemporary scope and future prospects for the interdisciplinary field of rural gerontology. With a focus on rural regions, small towns and villages, which have the highest rates of population ageing worldwide,...
Tourism and Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Areas: Evidence from Poland
1st Edition
Edited
By Joanna Kosmaczewska, Walenty Poczta
May 31, 2023
This book aims to fill a gap in the current literature by tracing the rural transformation process and the development of rural tourism functions in Poland over the last 30 years. It examines the socioeconomic transformation between 1989 and 2019 that resulted in the formation and development of ...
Service Provision and Rural Sustainability: Infrastructure and Innovation
1st Edition
Edited
By Greg Halseth, Sean Markey, Laura Ryser
June 30, 2020
Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places. Renewing outdated infrastructure and supporting the delivery of services in rural communities present significant challenges from the constrained fiscal and ...
The Changing World of Farming in Brexit UK
1st Edition
By Matt Lobley, Michael Winter, Rebecca Wheeler
June 30, 2020
The 2016 referendum resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union. This has led to frenzied political debate across the whole spectrum of policy, and agriculture is no exception.For the first time in a generation, the future of agriculture is unclear and unfettered ...
Evaluating the European Approach to Rural Development: Grass-roots Experiences of the LEADER Programme
1st Edition
By Leo Granberg, Kjell Andersson
February 12, 2018
The LEADER programme, initiated in 1991, aims to improve the development potential of rural areas in the European Union by drawing on local initiatives and skills. Highlighting this unique policy approach, this book presents up-to-date research results on LEADER’s achievements and restrictions at ...
Geographies of Rural Cultures and Societies
1st Edition
By Moya Kneafsey, Lewis Holloway
September 14, 2017
The last decade or so has witnessed a flourishing of research in rural geography; in particular, approaches which have developed socio-cultural perspectives on rural issues. This book brings together well-established and newer researchers to examine the position of rural social and cultural ...
Europe's Green Ring
1st Edition
By Leo Granberg, Imre Kovách
July 13, 2017
Around the fringe of Europe lies a green ring of countries which have followed different pathways into modernity from the industrial core of the continent and have, until recently, been characterized by a strong agrarian presence in their politics, economy and culture. This book brings together ...
Young People in Rural Areas of Europe
1st Edition
By Birgit Jentsch, Mark Shucksmith
June 28, 2017
Despite an EU-wide commitment to rural development, research has rarely focused on the lives of young people in rural areas, their experiences in education and employment, their perceptions of policies relevant to them, and their possibilities of participation. Based on a two-year European research...
The Reform of the CAP and Rural Development in Southern Europe
1st Edition
By George Stathakis, Charalambos Kasimis
April 30, 2017
Today the use of the term countryside reflects a dual historical shift due to the decreasing importance of agriculture - both in terms of employment and production - in European economies and the shift toward the environment. An increasing part of rural populations is being drawn into ...