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Rural Areas in Transition

Meeting Challenges & Making Opportunities

Norman Walzer editor Christopher Merrett editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:23rd Dec '22

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This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway.

While reported population declines can paint a bleak picture for rural areas, a different story can be told in looking at the numbers of households, employment, and housing markets. In fact, many rural areas have had steady employment and healthy housing markets. Rural attractions often include proximity to natural recreation areas, personal safety, social interaction, less expensive housing, and high-quality education. This book shows that rural areas are in a major long-term transition and that local leaders who take advantage of these opportunities in their community and economic development strategies can create a very positive future for residents.

Students and policymakers in local economic development, sociology of population change, business finance, political economy, and geography will find this a useful resource.

"The best days for rural America lie ahead. That’s the encouraging message of this first-rate group of scholars. As more and more Americans seek to live in human-scale communities that really work, the strategies outlined in this book—for economic development, business ownership, local investment, and entrepreneurship--can seed a rural Renaissance."

Michael H. Shuman, Author, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR LIFE IS

ISBN: 9781032248998

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

278 pages