Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The built rural
3. The economic rural
4. The land-based rural
5. The social and cultural rural
6. Conclusions

About the Author

Menelaos Gkartzios is Reader in Planning and Rural Development at Newcastle University.

Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London.

Mark Scott is Professor of Planning at University College Dublin.

Reviews

"The book expertly covers an expansive range of ideas and topics. Its implications for knowledges in education, social, cultural, economic and ecological futures, and the preparation of workers in the various services working with rural places, are significant." Rural Society

"This book provides an important step forward in articulating global successes in rural, bottom-up and community planning, providing optimism for a good life which is very much needed." Town Planning Review

"An inspiring book that can be read as a guide to rural change and development; expressions and dynamics of place-based capitals; and stimulating reading on planning in a broader sense for rural planners, practitioners and scholars." Sociologia Ruralis