Rural Geography

Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to be called state-of-the-art.<br/><b><i>- Geographische Rundschau <p></p><p></p></i></b><p>For those students with an interest in rural change this ′state of the art′ book is essential reading. - <b><i>Brian Ilbery University of Coventry<p></p></i><p>With <b>Rural Geography</b> Michael Woods remedies the often underestimated dynamism of rural places and rural society by providing the much-needed synthesis of the European and North American literature on rural restructuring and globalization processes. -<b><i> Patrick H. Mooney University of Kentucky<p></p></i><p>Rural Geography is an introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world. It examines the social and economic processes at work in the contemporary countryside - including the more traditional: like agriculture; land use; and population; as well as wider themes like: rural health crime exclusion commodification and alternative lifestyles. With a contextualising section defining the rural the text is organized systematically in three principal sections: Processes of Rural Restructuring Responses to Rural Restructuring and Experiences of Rural Restructuring.</p></b></p></b></p><p></p><p>Using the most recent empirical material statistical data and research the text is global in perspective using comparative examples throughout. <b>Rural Geography</b> is a systematic introduction to the processes responses and experiences of rural restructuring. </p>