Placing the Rural in Regional Development

Neil Ward and David L. Brown

Regional Studies, 2009, vol. 43, issue 10, 1237-1244

Abstract: Ward N. and Brown D. L. Placing the rural in regional development, Regional Studies . Urban and regional development studies tend to focus on the urban as driving innovation and growth, with surrounding areas cast in a passive, residual role. As a result, rural and urban development debates are often conducted separately. This paper introduces a special issue on rural development. It sets out current rural development thinking in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, and explores two trends affecting the place of rural areas in regional development -- the differentiation of ruralities in the context of global changes and the changing nature of travel and communications -- or mobilities. It then introduces the papers in the special issue.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/00343400903234696

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