Contemporary Rural Geographies
Land, property and resources in Britain: Essays in honour of Richard Munton
Published on 11. June 2007
224 pages
978-1-134-08313-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a cohesive set of research statements on critical related issues in British rural geography, as well as echoing the priorities identified by an influential figure in British rural geography, Richard Munton. This book demonstrates that the rural world needs to be seen in a far wider perspective than that of agriculture/ food production, in order to comprehend how resources are being appraised and exploited in new ways, and to respond to the pressing challenges of sustainability for the decades ahead.
Chapters adopt a time perspective to explore a series of key themes:
the rise of productivist farming
ways of conceptualising agricultural change
the evolution of landownership and property rights
rural and urban agendas for nature conservation
the gap between policy and action for sustainable development.
The final set of chapters is devoted to policy-related issues associated with agricultural change and the profound challenge of rural diversification for the future. The last chapter traces the prominent career of Richard Munton.
Chapters adopt a time perspective to explore a series of key themes:
the rise of productivist farming
ways of conceptualising agricultural change
the evolution of landownership and property rights
rural and urban agendas for nature conservation
the gap between policy and action for sustainable development.
The final set of chapters is devoted to policy-related issues associated with agricultural change and the profound challenge of rural diversification for the future. The last chapter traces the prominent career of Richard Munton.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
16 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
File size
1,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-08313-8 (9781134083138)
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Hugh Clout
Contemporary Rural Geographies
Land, property and resources in Britain: Essays in honour of Richard Munton
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07/2014
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Hugh Clout
Contemporary Rural Geographies
Land, property and resources in Britain: Essays in honour of Richard Munton
Book
05/2007
1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Hugh Clout is Emeritus professor of Geography at University College London where he introduced the teaching of rural geography in the late 1960s. His pioneering textbook, Rural Geography (Pergamon), appeared in 1972. Research interests include the geography of France, past and present, the historical geography of London, and the historiography of academic geography.
Content
1. British Rural Geography: A Disciplinary Enterprise in Changing Times Philip Lowe and Neil Ward 2. Agency and Environment in the Transition to a Productivist Farming Regime in England and Wales 1939-1950 Brian Short 3. Denial and Diversity: Some Reflections on Emerging Agri-Food Geographies and Rural Development in the UK Terry Marsden 4. Revisiting Land Ownership and Property Rights Michael Winter 5. Between Earth and Life: Re-Figuring Property Through Bioresources Sarah Whatmore 6. Rurality and Creative Nature-Culture Connections Paul Cloke 7. Nature Conservation in Towns and Cities David Goode 8. Engaging Publics in Environmental Planning Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess 9. Single Farm Payments, Diversification and Tenant Farming in England Brian Ilbery, Damian Maye, David Watts and Lewis Holloway 10. Diversification, Networks and Rural Futures in England Julian Clark and Alun Jones 11. Richard Munton - Geographer and Rural Geographer Hugh Clout
