Ruralisation: a tool for rural transformation

Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 7, 1067-1073

Abstract: There is a concept that development practitioners have either not heard of or not read, or have chosen to ignore – ruralisation. Unlike urbanisation in urban studies, ruralisation is rarely used as a concept in rural research. It remains a poorly explored concept. By challenging existing notions about the use of the concept, this article attempts to (re)introduce ruralisation as a fundamental concept in rural studies. What is ruralisation? Why do we need it? How can we use it for rural transformations? The article addresses these critical questions. It defines ruralisation and presents its conceptual framework for rural transformation.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1071783

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