Changes of Rural Life Space and Its Impacts on Human Settlement

This book explores the development process of the agricultural areas in the central plains of China under rapid urbanization, especially the changes in the daily lives of rural residents. Taking the Jianghan Plain as the study case, this book summarizes the rural transformation and reconstruction process of the region, as well as the changes in the daily activities of rural households under the context of urbanization and rural transformation. This book introduces and applies theories such as the mobilities paradigm, behavioral geography, and time geography, expanding the scope of their application and enriching the theoretical framework of rural geography and rural sociology research. This book could be used as a reference for graduate students, as well as researchers in the fields of geography, planning, sociology, etc.