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New Money in Rural Areas

Land Investment in Europe and Its Place Impacts

  • Shines a light on the phenomenon of investment in rural land assets, which is acknowledged to be an important new trend in global investment behaviour

  • Flags the risks of building rural development strategies on external investment flows, including the risk of land grabbing and the dispossession of local owners

  • Provides detailed case studies of land investment across Europe, speaking therefore to difference interests and audiences

  • Fills a gap in current understanding of new investment behaviours and investment as a plank for rural development

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 1-5
  3. The Changing Nature of Investment in Rural Assets

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 7-19
  4. Assessing the Impacts of Investment

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 21-32
  5. Land-Use Continuity: Farmland and Old Wineries

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 33-76
  6. Land-Use Transformations: Leisure, Bio-energy and New Wineries

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 77-130
  7. Conclusions

    • Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling
    Pages 131-142
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 143-166

About this book

This book examines the flow of investment into rural land assets in Europe, particularly farmland, woodland and wineries, but extending also to leisure uses such as golf courses and theme parks.  It explores the characteristics of investors in rural land and their motivations before undertaking an analysis of the place impacts of investment, viewing ‘new money’ as a potential development opportunity, delivering a variety of outcomes for local landscapes and communities.  After providing introductory insights into rural land investment and the measurement of associated impacts, ten case studies – from different European locations – explore actual investment motives and local impacts. The book concludes with a synthesis of investment experiences and an assessment of the transformative changes brought to rural areas by the flow of new money.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Nick Gallent

  • University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Iqbal Hamiduddin, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling

  • Department of Law and Politics, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

    Meri Juntti

About the authors

Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning and Head of the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London, UK.


Iqbal Hamiduddin is Lecturer in Transport Planning and Housing and Director of the MSc in Housing and City Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.


Meri Juntti is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law and Politics at Middlesex University London, UK.

Nicola Livingstone is Lecturer in Real Estate and Director of the MSc in International Real Estate and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.


Phoebe Stirling is a PhD student and research assistant at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Money in Rural Areas

  • Book Subtitle: Land Investment in Europe and Its Place Impacts

  • Authors: Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Nicola Livingstone, Phoebe Stirling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0770-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0769-0Published: 19 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0770-6Published: 09 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 166

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

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eBook USD 39.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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