Rural poverty

Finance and the Growing UrbanRural Divide

Author / Creator: Samuel MacKinnon

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2019

The rural economy is subject to more frequent, cyclical crises, as well as problems in areas such as land and resource management.


Carbon-free, Poverty-free

Author / Creator: Keith Baker Dr Ron Mould Dr Craig Dalzell Jonathon Shafi

Media type: Report

Date published: 2019

Fuel poverty is not only worse in rural Scotland than in urban Scotland, it also has different characteristics


Carbon-Free, Povetery-Free: Heating Options for Rural Scotland

Author / Creator: Ron Mould, Craig Dalzell, Jonathan Shafi

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Fuel poverty is not only worse in rural Scotland than in urban Scotland, it also has different characteristics. Fuel poverty plays a much larger role in rural poverty than in urban poverty.  By far the biggest driver of this fuel poverty is not being on the gas grid.