Abstract The European Commission has promoted revisiting and developing approaches for
the successful integration of migrants all over Europe. One possible response to address …

The attraction of foreign‐born immigrants to rural areas in developed countries has aroused
growing interest in recent years. The central issue in this study is the demographic impact of …

Migration towards rural areas–pro‐rural migration–is a lively, diverse, well illustrated
research area. However, interest tends to stop with spatial relocation, with migrants' …

The debate on 'sense of place'has been widespread in geography since the mid-1970s, yet
with few exceptions the analytical potential of this concept has not been fully realized as far …

New migration and residential patterns and increased commuting are significantly changing
Spanish rurality. Perhaps the most important change is that these processes are creating a …

There is growing evidence of international immigration becoming increasingly influential in
peripheral areas in some Southern European countries. Particularly in small localities …

The paper makes an innovative contribution to studies on the local governance of migration
by considering the role played by Third Sector actors in three small municipalities in …

Many rural areas in Spain suffer an acute problem of depopulation. In recent years the
arrival of foreign immigrant workers has contributed to alleviating the situation. The social …

This article provides a spatio-temporal analysis of population diversity in French rural areas
between 1975 and 2015 by considering the weight of the immigrant population and the …

This chapter analyses the role of rural areas in processes of international immigration in
Spain. It focuses on the interrelations between geographical and social (occupational) …