Winning and Losing: The Changing Geography of Europe's Rural Areas (Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning)

ISBN 10: 0815399022 / ISBN 13: 9780815399025

Published by Routledge, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Winning and Losing: The Changing Geography of Europe's Rural Areas (Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815399022
• ISBN 13: 9780815399025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Instigated by technological and political change, Europe's rural areas have undergone profound and all-pervasive restructuring processes. Although the impact of these processes has often been depicted negatively, this is not always the case. Bringing together a range of comparative case studies from France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, the UK and other countries, this book provides a comprehensive and balanced picture of rural change over the past five decades. It explores which aspects of the European countryside have benefited and which have suffered as a consequence of the often contradictory forces of restructuring. The book looks into economic aspects as well as into the social impact of rural change. The final part examines regional issues and illustrates how different rural areas have responded to the transformative pressures.

About the Author

Doris Schmied, University of Bayreuth, Germany