Moseley explains the mechanisms for planning, managing and financing rural development at the local level. The text provides students and practitioners with a primer that links the theory to the practice of 'doing' rural development.

Our poorest urban neighbourhoods experience economic and social difficulties that uniquely affect the lives of those who live there. This volume examines the policies and initiatives now underway on both sides of the Atlantic to revitalize those areas. With contributors from the US, France and the UK the volume explains the nature of specific community building programmes and explores critical issues such as the role of partnerships and the importance of race and gender in urban regeneration.