Beyond the rural-urban divide : cross-continental perspectives on the differentiated countryside and its regulation /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Bingley, England : Emerald Group Pub Ltd., 2009.
Description:1 online resource (x, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:Research in rural sociology and development, 1057-1922 ; v. 14
Research in rural sociology and development ; v. 14.
Subject:Rural-urban relations -- Europe.
Forests and forestry -- Social aspects.
Forest management.
Foresters.
Farmers.
Agriculture and state.
Rural planning.
Rural communities.
Social Science -- Sociology -- Rural.
Agriculture and state.
Farmers.
Forest management.
Foresters.
Forests and forestry -- Social aspects.
Rural-urban relations.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207944
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Other authors / contributors:Andersson, Kjell (Professor of social sciences and rural research)
ISBN:9781848551398
1848551398
9781848551381
184855138X
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had observed that many rural areas displayed a blend of rural and urban features. Since then, counterurbanisation, urban sprawl and ever-increasing flows of people, goods and ideas between rural and urban areas have blurred the distinctions even further. Attempts to create new rural-urban classification systems, whether based on factors such as population size, density or distances, have largely failed. Clearly, new classification systems must use the meaning of observed changes in rural-urban systems as their point of departure rather than simple measurements of these changes. These meanings can, despite the interdependencies of our global world, be explored only in their political, cultural and economic settings.
Other form:Print version: Beyond the rural-urban divide. 1st ed. Bingley, England : Emerald Group Pub Ltd., 2009