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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Nilson & Stedman: Reacting to the Rural Burden

In Reacting to the Rural Burden: Understanding Opposition to Utility-Scale Solar Development in Upstate New York, authors Roberta Nilson and Richard C. Stedman (both of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University) examine the impact of a perceived legacy of exploiting the rural as a natural resource.

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Zhang: Learning By Doing at Hungerford School

In Learning by Doing in the Segregated South: The Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School for African Americans in Central Florida, author Wenxian Zhang (Rollins College) provides a detailed look at the history and impact of the Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School in rural Florida. Although this article is a case study on one school, the knowledge and experience learned from the Hungerford School applies to various rural vocational schools.

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Roundup: October 20, 2023

A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items. This Roundup features new work by @JTomMueller, @J_Farrell, and many others; upcoming events by @RuralVoicesRVCC, podcasts recs including @LandscapesPod and more!

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Buzard et al.: Barrier Island Reconfiguration Leads to Relocation

In Barrier Island Reconfiguration Leads to Rapid Erosion and Relocation of a Rural Alaska Community, authors Richard M. Buzard, Christopher V. Maio, Roberta J.T. Glenn (all of University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geosciences), Nicole E.M. Kinsman (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Li H. Erikson (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center), Benjamin M. Jones (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering), Scott Anderson (Native Village of Port Heiden), and Jacquelyn R. Overbeck (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys) provide a unique analysis of modern coastal erosion in a rural Alaskan village.

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Hadachek, Sexton, and Ma: Resilience of Food Supply Under Extreme Events

In Market Structure and Resilience of Food Supply Chains Under Extreme Events, authors Jeffrey Hadachek, Richard J. Sexton (both Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC-Davis), and Meilin Ma (Department of Agriculture Economics, Purdue University) examine the impact of economic policy on the resilience of food supply chains.

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Stiernström: Sustainable Development and Sacrifice

In “Sustainable development and sacrifice in the rural North,” author Arvid Stiernström (Department of Urban and Rural Development, Division of Rural Development, Institutionen för stad och land, Uppsala, Sweden) examines the narratives and concepts used surrounding mining in rural communities.

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