RURALIZATION: The Opening of Rural Areas to Renew Rural Generations, Jobs and Farms

Urbanisation is a dominant trend that sees increasing population movement away from rural areas and towards cities. This trend is also driven by declining rural and growing urban economies and job opportunities. The RURALIZATION project has been set up to look at how to create a counterforce to urbanisation, where the rural is regenerated, providing opportunities for new generations to stay, return or move to rural areas. Funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, the RURALIZATION project will generate new knowledge to support policy and practice that enables this counterforce of `ruralisation.