The Rural Review

An online journal produced in conjunction with the Rural Reconciliation Project.

The Rural Review publishes digests of important academic contributions, program information, blog-style commentary, and periodic roundups of rural items from across academic disciplines and scholarly media.

Contributions from interested authors are welcome. Find our author guidelines here.

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Evans et al.: A Place Meaning Scale

This article seeks to ground the establishment of a quantitative scale for regional place meanings with an interpretive approach as the starting point. In combining the two research methodologies, the authors seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of how a certain place gains a certain meaning within a rural community.

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