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The new politics of the rural and social policy michael woods institute of geography and earth sciences, university of wales at aberystwyth, aberystwyth, sy23 3db. Conceptualizing rural areas in metropolitan society national. Michaels main research interests lie in the fields of rural geography and. Key concepts in rural geography is a new kind of textbook that forms part of an innovative set of companion texts for the human geography subdisciplines. Agricultural and rural geography are concerned with the spatial characteristics of agriculture and of the environments and people of rural areas, including the nature and processes of change. The geography of rural change provides a thorough examination of the processes and outcomes of rural change as a result of a period of major restructuring in developed market economies. The division of rural and urban is one of the oldest ideas in geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Progress report performing rurality and practising rural geography michael woods aberystwyth university, uk abstract recent research in rural geography has shown increasing interest in the ways in. He attended the university of kansas where he majored in cellular biology, was a researcher in a virus lab, and minored in anthropology. He is professor of human geography at aberystwyth university, where he also holds the title of professor of transformative social science, and is codirector of the esrc wiserdcivil society research centre. Woods 2007 in progress in human geography life has changed a lot here in conche. Processes, responses and experiences in rural restructuring by michael woods. Rural geography may be simply defined as the study of people, places, and landscapes in rural areas, and of the social and economic processes that shape these geographies. Professor michael woods dr jesse heley dr laura jones dr anthonia onyeahialam dr marc welsh background european research council advanced grant february 2014 january 2019 understanding globalization and its impacts in rural localities 5 work packages reassembling the global.
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