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ABSTRACT
Rural areas are the locus of many pressing planning issues, pointing to the need for and possibility of a substantive theory of rural planning. In this article we develop a framework for such a theory. We begin by outlining the emergence of planning and the marginalization of ‘the rural,’ by investigating aspects of existing planning theory. Then we explain the framework and apply it to a small set of critical cases in deep rural areas of the U.S. To conclude, we summarize our findings and propose future directions for theory in rural planning.
Acknowledgments
We express our deep thanks to the editors and four anonymous referees for their careful reading and insightful critique of earlier versions of this paper. Their thoughtful suggestions have enabled us to clarify a number of points led to a much better article.
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Notes
1. The cultural turn and multifunctionalism are nicely summarized by Gallent and Gkartzios (Citation2019).
2. This section is drawn from Hibbard (Citation2017), Hibbard (Citation2016), and Hibbard and Adkins (Citation2013).
3. The CEDS has been updated approximately every three years since the creation of the original plan.
4. This section is drawn from Frank, Volk, and Jourdan (Citation2014), and Spence (Citation2016).
5. This section is drawn from Hibbard, Lurie, and Bohner (Citation2017), Hibbard, Senkyr, and Webb (Citation2015), and Hibbard and Lurie (Citation2012).
6. The Middle Fork is one of 16 intensively monitored watersheds across Oregon and Washington. All IMW monitoring is bio-physical (e.g., stream water temperature, fish populations, groundwater levels) except for the Middle Fork IMW which also includes a socio-economic element.
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Michael Hibbard
Michael Hibbard is professor emeritus in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University of Oregon. His teaching and research focus on community and regional development, with a special interest in the social impacts of economic change on rural regions, small towns, and Indigenous communities. He is also a participating faculty member in International Studies, Environmental Studies, and Historic Preservation at the University of Oregon. He has been a visiting scholar at Kyoto University (Japan), Renmin University (China), Seoul National University (South Korea), the University of Queensland and Adelaide University (Australia), and the University of the South Pacific (Fiji). He has held various leadership positions in national and international professional organizations, including as president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Prior to entering academia full-time he worked for ten years as a practitioner in community and regional development.
Kathryn I Frank
Kathryn I Frank is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, USA. Her research, teaching, and service integrate the fields of rural planning, environmental planning, governance, and community development.