Rural geography: blurring boundaries and making connections

摘要: A number of commentaries and articles have been published in recent years reflecting on the nature, history practice rural geography. The introspective mood follows a period which geography has widely considered to resurgent, but indicates concerns about unevenness progress geography, readiness subdiscipline address new challenges. This article, first three reports focuses attempts within these interventions rethink boundaries its connections with other fields study. First, it examines renewed debates definition delimitation rural, including efforts rematerialize rural. Second, considers rejuvenation work rural—urban linkages, concepts city regions, exurbanization rurbanity. Third, discusses interdisciplinary engagement geographers, collaboration physical natural scientists.