Rural Geography

Who lives in the country? What can the rural life "deliver"? Rural social studies, environmentalism, and examination of agricultural policy, practice and the new European context of rural change, are combined in this text to provide a clear understanding of what constitutes rurality and the issues which continue to effect those who live in rural areas. Debates over what the rural means at the end of the 20th century, over the relationship between rural and urban, and over the best ways to secure a sustainable future for the countryside (whether "managed" or "wild"), inform the text throughout, providing a broad ranging introduction to rural geography.