Rural

ISBN-13: 9780415442398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 352 str.

Michael Woods;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disciplines. It focuses on key ways in which geographers have engaged with and explored the rural. Engaging and accessible, the book introduces and illustrates these ideas and approaches through the use of detailed case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world. Student engagement with the ideas and examples contained in the book is encouraged by the use of activities and exercises. Essay and exam questions and end of chapter further reading are also provided.

Recenzje

"[Woods'] chapters define the imagined, economic, political, and social characteristics of rural societies, using examples from every continent....this book has a very thorough bibliography of the current literature on rural geography."—W. J. Gribb, University of Wyoming, Recommended title, CHOICE

Spis treści

1. Approaching the Rural  2. Imagining the Rural  3. Exploiting the Rural  4. Consuming the Rural  5. Developing the Rural  6. Living in the Rural  7. Performing the Rural  8. Regulating the Rural  9. Re-Making the Rural

O autorze

Michael Woods is Professor of Human Geography in the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. He specialises inrural geography, political geography and contemporary rural politics and governance.