Globalization and Rural Areas

Bibliographic Data

ID23645334
AuthorsMichael Woods (0000-0003-3813-4138, Aberystwyth University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages1-6
Publication date2017-03-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueInternational Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0189
OpenAlexW2788913791
ISBN9781118786352
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

Globalization is a major driver of change in contemporary rural areas, involving the multiplication, stretching, and intensification of social, economic, political, and cultural relations over space. Processes such as the integration of the global economy, increased flows of international migration, and a growing global consciousness and standardization of values impact on rural areas affected by established economic structures, prompting changes in agriculture and land management, restructuring populations, challenging traditional cultures, and generating conflicts. The impacts of globalization processes vary between rural areas, shaped in part by the responses of rural communities through economic development strategies and protest mobilization.

Agriculture · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic globalization · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Rural area · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Rural development and sustainability

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