THE GEOGRAPHY OF RURAL CHANGE
THE GEOGRAPHY OF
RURAL CHANGE
Edited by
BRIAN ILBERY
First published 1998 by Pearson Education Limited
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CONTENTS
BRIAN ILBERY
TERRY MARSDEN
MARTIN PHILLIPS
BRIAN ILBERY AND IAN BOWLER
CLIVE POTTER
ALEXANDER MATHER
GARETH LEWIS
DAVID NORTH
ANDREW GILG
RICHARD BUTLER
OWEN FURUSETH
BRIAN ILBERY
The origins of this book lie in a conference on the processes of rural change organized by the editor on behalf of the Rural Geography Study Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. Three years later a textbook has been produced on the often complex processes and outcomes of change experienced by rural areas in developed market economies. The focus is on both the multidimensional nature of rural change and the spatial manifestations of the recent period of major restructuring in the post-productivist countryside. Agriculture is continuing to experience a relative decline in importance in comparison with other, often consumptive, uses of rural space. Rural areas have thus become zones of land-use competition and potential arenas of conflict and tension.
This book does not adopt either an all-encompassing definition of rurality or one particular theoretical framework. Instead, contributors have been selected deliberately to emphasize the diversity of approaches to studying the geography of rural change. Relevant concepts, principles and theories of rural change are developed where appropriate, with case-study evidence drawn from different parts of the developed world. Above all else, the book aims to provide up-to-date insights into the economic, social, political and environmental factors affecting rural restructuring.
It is hoped that the book will be useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography and other social sciences. Most people with an interest in rural areas should find items of relevance. I gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments made by referees on an earlier draft of the text and I would like to thank Addison Wesley Longman for their patience and understanding.
April 1997
Brian Ilbery
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Ian Bowler () is Reader in Human Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Leicester. His research interests include the sustainability of rural systems, agricultural change under the Common Agricultural Policy, and regional images and the marketing of quality products.
Richard Butler () is the recently appointed Professor of Tourism at the School of Management Studies, University of Surrey (previously at the University of Western Ontario). His primary research interests include the development of tourism and associated impacts, seasonality in tourism supply and demand, and the dynamics of tourism, with particular reference to insular and remote areas.
Owen Furuseth () is Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests are focused on community development issues and strategies, with a particular concern for rural economic and social planning, rural sustainability, and rural landscape change.
Andrew Gilg () is Reader in Countryside Planning at the Department of Geography, University of Exeter. His research interests are in land-use planning, development control and housebuilding in the countryside. He is currently conducting research into the way in which farming has evolved and its effect on rural landscapes and environment.
Brian Ilbery () is Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Geography, Coventry University. His research interests are in aspects of agricultural change and policy, notably farm diversification and land diversion. He is currently coordinating an international research project on regional images and the promotion of quality products and services in the lagging regions of the European Union.
Gareth Lewis () is Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Leicester. His research interests are in social and behavioural geography, with particular interest in migration and household change in the countryside.
Terry Marsden () is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning at the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. His research interests are in rural restructuring and planning, and international aspects of agricultural and sustainable development. He is currently completing projects on food regulation and retailing in the United Kingdom.
Alexander Mather () is Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen. His research interests are in rural land use and environmental management, with particular reference to forest-related issues in Scotland, the United Kingdom and globally.
David North () is Reader in Local Economy at the School of Geography and Environmental Management, Middlesex University. His research interests are in the field of regional and local economic development. He is currently working on the contribution of small businesses to local economic regeneration, especially the role of innovation and technology in rural SMEs.
