Rural Community and Rural Resilience: What is important to farmers in keeping their country towns alive?

Many studies have highlighted the phenomenon of rural decline in parts of the developed world, summarised as a loss in agricultural employment leading to a decline in the number and size of rural settlements. This study of small towns in part of Australia’s inland rural “heartland” employs the conce...

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Published in:	Journal of rural studies 2012, Vol.28 (1), p.20-29
Main Authors:	McManus, Phil, Walmsley, Jim, Argent, Neil, Baum, Scott, Bourke, Lisa, Martin, John, Pritchard, Bill, Sorensen, Tony
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Agricultural Occupations Australia Belonging Communities Community Attitudes Community Characteristics Deep rural Economics Employment Environment Farmers Foreign Countries Identity Inland Australia Interactional rural community Interviews Land settlement Local communities Municipalities New South Wales New South Wales, Australia Perception Resilience Resilience (Psychology) Resistance Rural Areas Rural Communities Rural development Rural life Rural Population Rural resilience Size Social interaction Towns
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