Beyond the rural-urban divide cross-continental perspectives on the differentiated countryside and its regulation

• Other Authors: Andersson, Kjell, Ph. D.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, England : Emerald Group Pub Ltd., 2009.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in rural sociology and development ; v. 14.
• Subjects: Rural-urban relations > Europe.; Forests and forestry > Social aspects.; Forest management.; Foresters.; Farmers.; Agriculture and state.; Rural planning.; Rural communities.; Social Science > Sociology > Rural.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781848551398 (electronic bk.) : 1848551398 (electronic bk.) : 9781848551381 (hbk.); 184855138X (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 350 p.) : ill., maps

The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had...