People In The Countryside

Tony Champion is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His principal research interests lie in the monitoring and analysis of population and social change in Britain, particularly their regional and local dimensions. He is chair of the IBG Population Geography Study Group and Council member of the British Society for Population Studies.

Introduction - T Champion and C Watkins Recent Developments in the Social Geography of Rural Britain People Moving to the Countryside - S Harper Case Studies of Decision Making Middle Class Housing Choice - P Cloke, M Phillips and D Rankin Channels of Entry into Gower, South Wales Still no Homes for Locals? - M Shucksmith Affordable Housing and Planning Controls in Rural Areas People Working in Farming - G Clark The Changing Nature of Farmwork New Forms of Employment in Rural Areas - A Townsend A National Perspective Women in the Rural Labour Market - J Little A Policy Evaluation The Elderly and Disabled in Rural Areas - R Gant and J Smith Travel Patterns in the North Cotswolds Public Transport in the Countryside - P Bell and P Cloke The Effects of Bus Deregulation in Rural Wales Population and Social Conditions in Remote Areas - A McCleery The Changing Character of the Scottish Highlands and Islands Community Involvement in Rural Development - I Bowler and G Lewis The Example of Rural Development Commission Sources for the Study of Social Change in the Countryside - N Walford and A Hockey The Need for Integration

`Recommended for bringing together a number of highly professional contributions on contemporary rural problems and for combing them successfully into a well-balanced and authoritative whole' - Journal of Agricultural Economics