Rural Settlement and the Urban Impact on the Countryside
Author : Michael Robert Hill
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Human settlements
ISBN :
Author : Michael Robert Hill
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Human settlements
ISBN :
Author : Michael Hill
Publisher : Hodder Murray
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780340800287
Providing a wealth of information and relevant new case study material, Rural Settlement and Urban Impact on the Countryside encourages students to focus in on the highly topical geographical issues that have changed the countryside through urbanisation and counter-urbanisation. Geographical influences upon settlement location, hierarchy and morphology are studied in relation to the context of continuity and change. Economic conditions which lead to rural depopuoation are considered as are those that have led to the repopulation of some rural areas. The impact of the current cirsis in the countryside and the concept of the 'post-rural' society are also examined in relation to rural settlement. The text is illustrated with examples and case studies from Britain, Italy and a number of LEDCs. Applicable to AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards, this book is ideal for any student studying this topic.
Author : Michael Bunce
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Agricultural colonies
ISBN : 9781138998971
Originally published in 1982, this book emphasizes the continued significance and distinctiveness of rural settlement, while at the same time recognizing the great changes of recent decades. The early chapters review the field of rural study and trace the evolution of man-land relationships in the establishment of the traditional elements of rural settlement. Later chapters discuss the changes wrought by urbanisation, the industrialisation and commercialisation of agriculture, the growth of recreation and the expanding role of public policy. The book stresses the processes which underlie rural settlement structure and, consistent with its geographical bias, the functional and cultural foundations of settled landscapes. While the main emphasis is on Europe and North America, the diversity of expression of general trends in rural settlement is recognised by drawing upon examples from Africa, India, Latin America and South-East Asia.
Author : Paul Cloke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134693370
This book, first published in 1983, provided the first thorough and informative introduction to the theory, practice and politics of rural settlement planning. It surveys the conceptual and ideological leanings of those who have developed, implemented and revised rural settlement practice, and gives detailed analysis of planning documentation to assess the extent to which policies have been successfully implemented. Paul Cloke assesses the shortfalls of rural planning and resource management and suggests methods by which a sustainable rural future might be attained. This reissue provides essential background and a comprehensive handbook for those with an interest in rural settlement planning.
Author : Maria Elizabeth Hewitt
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Federal aid to rural health services
ISBN :
Author : Michael Chisholm
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 17,78 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 020236867X
Author : Michael Pacione
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : C. R. Bryant
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Doris Schmied
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351143077
Instigated by technological and political change, Europe's rural areas have undergone profound and all-pervasive restructuring processes. Although the impact of these processes has often been depicted negatively, this is not always the case. Bringing together a range of comparative case studies from France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, the UK and other countries, this book provides a comprehensive and balanced picture of rural change over the past five decades. It explores which aspects of the European countryside have benefited and which have suffered as a consequence of the often contradictory forces of restructuring. The book looks into economic aspects as well as into the social impact of rural change. The final part examines regional issues and illustrates how different rural areas have responded to the transformative pressures.
Author : William B. Meyer
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 026231410X
An analysis that offers evidence to challenge the widely held assumption that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Conventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating harmful emissions precisely where the population is most concentrated. Cities appear to be particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, to be inherently at risk from outbreaks of infectious diseases, and even to offer dysfunctional and unnatural settings for human life. In this book, William Meyer tests these widely held beliefs against the evidence. Borrowing some useful terminology from the public health literature, Meyer weighs instances of “urban penalty” against those of “urban advantage.” He finds that many supposed urban environmental penalties are illusory, based on commonsense preconceptions and not on solid evidence. In fact, greater degrees of “urbanness” often offer advantages rather than penalties. The characteristic compactness of cities, for example, lessens the pressure on ecological systems and enables resource consumption to be more efficient. On the whole, Meyer reports, cities offer greater safety from environmental hazards (geophysical, technological, and biological) than more dispersed settlement does. In fact, the city-defining characteristics widely supposed to result in environmental penalties do much to account for cities' environmental advantages. As of 2008 (according to U.N. statistics), more people live in cities than in rural areas. Meyer's analysis clarifies the effects of such a profound shift, covering a full range of environmental issues in urban settings.