Countryside connections: older people, community and place in rural Britain

Machine generated contents note:One.Countryside connections in later life: setting the scene /Vanessa Burholt --Two.Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life /Catherine Hagan Hennessy --Three.Rural connectivity and older people's leisure participation /Daniel Zahra --Four.Connecting with community: the nature of belonging among rural elders /Jacquie Eales --Five.Beyond transport: understanding the role of mobilities in connecting rural elders in civic society /Les Todres --Six.Deep mapping and rural connectivities /Daniel Buzzo --Seven.Older people, low income and place: making connections in rural Britain /Paul Milbourne --Eight.Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research /Janet Smithson --Nine.Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land? /Catherine Hagan Hennessy.

The first project-based book in The New Dynamics of Ageing series offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on older people's role as assets in rural civic society. The authors examine the ways in which rural elders are connected to community, the contributions they make and the groups to which they belong.

This innovative volume offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on older people's role as assets in rural civic society and demonstrates how the use of diverse methods from across disciplines aims to increase public engagement with this research. The authors examine the ways in which rural elders are connected to community and place, the contributions they make to family and neighbours and the organisations and groups to which they belong