Hugh Clout is Emeritus professor of Geography at University College London where he introduced the teaching of rural geography in the late 1960s. His pioneering textbook, Rural Geography (Pergamon), appeared in 1972. Research interests include the geography of France, past and present, the historical geography of London, and the historiography of academic geography.

A cohesive set of research statements on critical related issues in British rural geography.

1. British Rural Geography: A Disciplinary Enterprise in Changing Times Philip Lowe and Neil Ward 2. Agency and Environment in the Transition to a Productivist Farming Regime in England and Wales 1939-1950 Brian Short 3. Denial and Diversity: Some Reflections on Emerging Agri-Food Geographies and Rural Development in the UK Terry Marsden 4. Revisiting Land Ownership and Property Rights Michael Winter 5. Between Earth and Life: Re-Figuring Property Through Bioresources Sarah Whatmore 6. Rurality and Creative Nature-Culture Connections Paul Cloke 7. Nature Conservation in Towns and Cities David Goode 8. Engaging Publics in Environmental Planning Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess 9. Single Farm Payments, Diversification and Tenant Farming in England Brian Ilbery, Damian Maye, David Watts and Lewis Holloway 10. Diversification, Networks and Rural Futures in England Julian Clark and Alun Jones 11. Richard Munton - Geographer and Rural Geographer Hugh Clout