Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1237-1244 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Regional Studies |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 20 Nov 2009 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Rural development
- Regional development
- Rural change
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)