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Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Spaces

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Translocal Ruralism

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If you imagine a rural space, you might think of the wide fields of an agricultural landscape, or the vast, forested parts of a sparsely populated region. Perhaps you think about small villages or townscapes, or an isolated house in a remote region. Rural spaces are often associated with an agricultural economy, outmigration and an ageing, decreasing population. This imaginary rural area is isolated from national and global processes, and is dependent on the proximate urban area.

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  1. Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Charlotta Hedberg

  2. Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal

    Renato Miguel do Carmo

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  1. , Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden

    Charlotta Hedberg

  2. , Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Av. Dos Bombeiros Voluntarioas de Alges 44, 7 dto., Lisbon, 1495-021, Portugal

    Renato Miguel do Carmo

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Hedberg, C., do Carmo, R.M. (2012). Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Spaces. In: Hedberg, C., do Carmo, R. (eds) Translocal Ruralism. GeoJournal Library, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2315-3_1

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