Reinventing Rural

New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Herausgeber: Fulkerson, Gregory M.; Thomas, Alexander R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes contemporary challenges and solutions to problems facing rural communities. The idea of reinvention is offered as a description of how rural communities adapt by changing focus to alternative economic development strategies and by focusing on improved quality of life. The image of rural given is one of dynamism and resiliency.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9781498534093
• ISBN-10: 1498534090
• Artikelnr.: 45466637

Autorenporträt

Dr. Gregory M. Fulkerson is associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Dr. Alexander R. Thomas is professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Cautionary Tales and the Costs of Traditional Rural Development 1. The Need to Reinvent Rural
Alexander R. Thomas and Gregory Fulkerson 2. Urban Dependency and Urbanormativity
Alexander R. Thomas 3. The Rural Mystique in American Society
Fern K. Willits
Gene L. Theodori
and Michael W.P. Fortunato 4. Reinventing Rural Environmental Justice
Laura McKinney 5. Urbanization
Land Use
and Environmental Change: A Sociological Perspective
Matthew Clement 6. Centralia
Pennsylvania: Disaster or Apathy? Carrie L. Kane and Alexander R. Thomas Part II. Reinventing Rural in an Urbanizing World 7. Rural Economic Vitality
Gregory Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas 8. Build it and They Will Come? The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and Jay Peak Resort
Aimee Vieira 9. What do They Do up There? A Look at Two Non-Metropolitan Counties in New York State
Stephanie Bennett 10. Reframing Rural Education: Implications of the Rural Mystique and its Absence in Educational Policy
Leanne M. Avery and Michael W.P. Fortunato Chapter 11. Doggonit
People Live Here! The Unmet Challenges of Rural Behavioral Health
James Zians 12. Conclusion: Reinventing Rural Revisited
Gregory Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas