Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning

This series is concerned with the challenges confronting rural communities, economies and landscapes and how the needs of people in rural areas might be met now and in the future.  Comprising research monographs and edited volumes, the titles in this well-established series provide critical insights into topics directly related to planning strategy and the implementation of policy across diverse rural regions. Global in scope, contributions include theoretical treatments as well as empirical studies that tackle issues such as rural development, place-based governance, demography, and rural spatial change.

We are seeking proposals for research monographs, edited collections and student or practitioner focused textbooks.  Books included in the series will draw on rigorous empirical research and in-depth case studies, as well as novel and innovative theoretical developments in the field of rural policy and planning.

Possible topics from Global North, Global South and comparative contexts include:

• Crisis, resilience and rural planning responses
• Climate action and rural regions
• Nature restoration and landscape scale spatial planning 
• Rural housing, affordability, and quality
• Counterurbanisation, rural gentrification and mobilities
• Rural spatial justice, just transitions and ‘left behind places’
• Inclusive practices - the right to rural, Indigenous, feminist, queer perspectives
• Place-based development and rural sustainability
• Rural economies and place-based strategies
• Conflict and development in the global countryside
• Managing rural heritage, cultural landscapes, artistic practice and rural planning

We are very happy to discuss any ideas for the series. If you are interested in writing or editing a book, please contact one of the series editors along with the Routledge Editor:

Series Editors:

Prof Mark Scott, mark.scott@ucd.ie

Prof Nick Gallent, n.gallent@ucl.ac.uk

Prof Menelaos Gkartzios, menelaos@metu.edu.tr

Routledge Editor:

Faye Leerink, faye.leerink@tandf.co.uk