The Rural and Peripheral in Regional Development: An Alternative Perspective

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Peter de Souza Joan Fitzgerald (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

The Rural and Peripheral in Regional Development

An Alternative Perspective

Peter de Souza, Joan Fitzgerald (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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English

Routledge
12 December 2019

Microeconomics; Economics of industrial organisation; Development economics; Rural planning

Series: Regions and Cities

The countryside has often been marginalised in discussions of economic and societal development, in favour of the urban. This book aims to stimulate a debate and a re-evaluation of how the concepts of the rural, peripheral and marginal are treated in academia and policy.

Approaching this theme from geographic, demographic and economic perspectives, Peter de Souza makes a compelling case for giving the periphery a prominent role as an integral part of a holistic and balanced society. The book carefully deconstructs the concept of the urban, and critiques the idea of urban-rural or centre-periphery comparisons, and presents an alternative approach to spark future discussions.

The Rural and Peripheral in Regional Development will be of interest to those studying and researching in the areas of rural economics, sustainability and development, as well as those involved in rural policymaking.

By: Peter de Souza
Series edited by: Joan Fitzgerald (Northeastern University Boston Massachusetts USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780367886653
ISBN 10: 0367886650
Series: Regions and Cities
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1 What is this all about? Introductory positioning, 2 The periphery, the marginal and the rural: conceptual discussion, 3 Theory: limits and potentials, 4 Measure what, with what and what does it represent?, 5 The urban deconstructed, 6 Geographic and demographic structures and processes, 7 Extended definitions: an alternative way to re-analyse, 8 Peripheral economics: some alternative approaches, 9 Economic structures and structural changes, 10 Policy frameworks

Peter de Souza is a Doctor of Economics and Associate Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. He has also worked at the universities of Göteborg, Uppsala and Örebro in Sweden, and has worked extensively as a consultant on regional and local development issues. A former member of the International Board of Regional Studies Association and Chairman of its Nordic Section, he is author of Territorial Production Complexes in the Soviet Union (1989) and co-editor of Towards New Nordic Regions (2008) and Regional Development in Northern Europe (2012).