Human Geography

Research in this area includes the activities of the Centre for Rural Research. 

• Environment-development relationships and sustainable livelihoods in developing countries

• Local institutions, local knowledge and social capital in natural resource management

• Wetland environments and the political ecology of wetland management

• Rural change and development

• Territory and national identity

• Sport, place and identity

• Urban conservation and planning

• Urban heritage

• Socio-economic change in market towns

• Entrepreneurial cities

• Agrarian policy and farm families

• Agricultural livestock and animal geography

• Agricultural industrialisation, farm diversification and pluriactivity

• Social, cultural and ethical aspects of land use and rural policy

• Visitor perception and attitudes towards urban green space

 

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