190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

In the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil. Long-standing uses of rural space are in crisis and, unsurprisingly, political processes in rural areas are marked by conflicts between groups, such as farmers, environmentalists, developers and local residents. Using an innovative theoretical approach based on 'networks... Read more
Introduction 1. A Differentiated Countryside? 2. Regionalising the Rural 3. Theorising Differentiation 4. The 'Preserved' Countryside 5. The 'Contested' Countryside 6. The 'Paternalistic' Countryside 7. The Differentiated Polity 8. The Dynamics of Differentiation

Biography

Jonathan Murdoch is Professor of Environmental Planning in the Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University.
Philip Lowe is the Duke of Northumberland Professor of Rural Economy in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing at the University of Newcastle.
Neil Ward is Professor of Rural Policy in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds.
Terry Marsden is Professor and Head of Department in the Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University.

'A useful reference book for researchers in related fields.' - Geography