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]
Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Keith Halfacree, Imre Kovách
May 11, 2017
Contemporary processes of economic, social, political and cultural restructuring are having profound impacts on the form and function of rural areas within the countries of the European Union and beyond. Furthermore, rural development policies and programmes at EU and national levels have been ...
The City's Hinterland: Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories
1st Edition
Edited
By Keith Hoggart
March 06, 2017
Despite the fact that the rural commuter belts of cities are major loci of population change, economic growth and dynamic social change within city regions, most research tends to ignore this area while focusing on the built-up city core. However, with the current emphasis on the role of rural ...
Contesting Rurality: Politics in the British Countryside
1st Edition
By Michael Woods
November 28, 2016
Rural issues have gained national prominence in Britain in recent years. The future of hunting, the Foot and Mouth outbreak, farm income and agricultural reform and housing development have all claimed political and media attention, promoted by a vocal rural lobby and headline-grabbing protests and...
Women in Agriculture in the Middle East
1st Edition
Edited
By Pnina Motzafi-Haller
November 28, 2016
Based on a collaborative research project - an exciting fruit of the region's peace process - this book provides an in-depth examination and comparison of women's participation in agricultural production in four Middle-Eastern countries: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Each of the country ...
A Living Countryside?: The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland
1st Edition
Edited
By John McDonagh, Tony Varley
November 15, 2016
By examining a range of experiences from both the north and south of Ireland, this book asks what the ideal of sustainable development might mean to specific rural groups and how sustainable development goals have been pursued across the policy spectrum. It assesses the extent of commitment to a ...
Comparing Rural Development: Continuity and Change in the Countryside of Western Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Arnar Árnason, Mark Shucksmith, Jo Vergunst
October 27, 2016
At a time when there is major reorientation of rural economies in Europe, and the emergence of new possibilities both for governance and for conflict, this book brings together a group of leading academics in the fields of geography, sociology and anthropology to examine how such changes are taking...