Rural Areas in Transition: Meeting Challenges & Making Opportunities

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Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA; Purdue University, USA) Christopher Merrett

Rural Areas in Transition

Meeting Challenges & Making Opportunities

Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA; Purdue University, USA), Christopher Merrett

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Routledge
23 December 2022

Urban communities; Human geography; Rural planning

Series: Community Development Research and Practice Series

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.

Edited by: Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois USA; Purdue University USA), Christopher Merrett
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 712g
ISBN: 9781032248998
ISBN 10: 1032248998
Series: Community Development Research and Practice Series
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 23 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Norman Walzer, Ph.D., is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at Western Illinois University where he founded the statewide Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) in 1989 and retired as director in 2005. He has served as president of the Community Development Society, the Midwest Section of the Regional Science Association, and has held leadership positions in other professional organizations. He has published extensively with 27 authored, coauthored, or edited books and numerous articles on Collective Impact, local public finance, community and economic development, strategic planning, community-owned businesses, and related issues. He co-edits Local Development and Society, an international community and economic development journal and is on the Editorial Board of Community Development. Christopher D. Merrett, Ph.D., is the Dean for Innovation and Economic Development, Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, and Program Chair for the master’s degree in Community and Economic Development at Western Illinois University. His research focus is on regional development, social justice, and cooperatives as they relate to community development. He co-edited (with Norman Walzer) two books on this topic and he has also published on these issues in a wide range of academic and policy outlets.

Reviews for Rural Areas in Transition: Meeting Challenges & Making Opportunities

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