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Sustainable Rural Systems

Author : Guy Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317047672
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Rural Systems written by Guy Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a neo-liberal era where society in the Developed World is reliant on mass-produced cheap foods, and living standards are based on high consumption of non-renewable energy and materials, this book investigates the growing significance of sustainable systems in rural areas. Drawing on a wide range of topical case studies, primarily in the UK, it provides an in-depth analysis of the progress made towards sustainability within rural systems, focusing specifically upon sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities. The authors provide an overview of the various systems of sustainability currently being applied in the Developed World. They highlight key environmental, economic and social issues, including post-productivism, 'alternative' food networks, organic farming, GM foods, conservation, rural development programmes, sustainable tourism, local training schemes and community participation. The various studies provide important lessons in the ongoing search for greater sustainability and suggest positive directions for future policy practice.

Sustainable Rural Development

Author : Mary Emery
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134919190
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Rural Development by : Mary Emery

Download or read book Sustainable Rural Development written by Mary Emery and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together several systems-level approaches to the consideration of the interaction of livelihood choices, natural resource management and participatory action research on sustainable development. By focusing on these approaches to community change, the volume hopes to encourage readers to consider how they might adopt methods such as Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), Community Capitals Framework (CCF) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) in their own research, practice and teaching. Thus, this volume will engage readers in reflection about the importance of systems-level approaches that address poverty from the perspective of the poor, natural resource management that maintains the resource for future generations, and the engagement of local people in designing and implementing, and thus owning, strategies that address equity as well as economic security and the environment. This book was originally published as a special issue of Community Development.

Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities

Author : Frederic O. Sargent
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Island Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities by : Frederic O. Sargent

Download or read book Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities written by Frederic O. Sargent and published by Washington, D.C. : Island Press. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities offers an explanation of the concept of Rural Environmental Planning (REP) along with case studies that show how to apply REP to specific issues such as preserving agricultural lands, planning river and lake basins, and preserving historical sites.

The Sustainability of Rural Systems

Author : I.R. Bowler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402005138
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sustainability of Rural Systems by : I.R. Bowler

Download or read book The Sustainability of Rural Systems written by I.R. Bowler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-03-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the interaction of the dimensions of economy, society, and environment in the context of rural systems. It embraces a wide range of topics, including globalization and reregulation in sustainable food production, conservation and sustainability, the development of sustainable rural communities, and sustainable rural-urban interaction. It is relevant to advanced-level students, teachers, researchers, policymakers and agency workers.

The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China

Author : Bryan Tilt
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231520808
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China by : Bryan Tilt

Download or read book The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China written by Bryan Tilt and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty years, industrial pollution threatens both the health of the country's citizens and the natural resources on which their economy depends. Capturing the consequences of this reality, Bryan Tilt conducts an in-depth, ethnographic study of Futian Township, a rural community reeling from pollution. The industrial township is located in the populous southwestern province of Sichuan. Three local factories-a zinc smelter, a coking plant, and a coal-washing plant-produce air and water pollution that far exceeds the standards set by the World Health Organization and China's Ministry of Environmental Protection. Interviewing state and company officials, factory workers, farmers, and scientists, Tilt shows how residents cope with this pollution and how they view its effects on health and economic growth. Striking at the heart of the community's environmental values, he explores the intersection between civil society and environmental policy, weighing the tradeoffs between protection and economic growth. Tilt ultimately finds that the residents are quite concerned about pollution, and he investigates the various strategies they use to fight it. His study unravels the complexity of sustainable development within a rapidly changing nation.

Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development

Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : Practical Action
ISBN 13 : 9781853398742
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development written by Ian Scoones and published by Practical Action. This book was released on 2015 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between sustainability and livelihoods are examined, and livelihoods analysis situated within a wider political economy of environmental and agrarian change.

Rural Sustainable Development in America

Author : Ivonne Audirac
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471152330
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (523 download)

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Book Synopsis Rural Sustainable Development in America by : Ivonne Audirac

Download or read book Rural Sustainable Development in America written by Ivonne Audirac and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-04-04 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ob in Europa oder Nordamerika - ländliche Gemeinden kämpfen in den Industriestaaten überall mit ähnlichen Problemen: Der Niedergang der landwirtschaftlichen Familienbetriebe durch technologieintensive Bewirtschaftung führt zur Abwanderung der Bevölkerung in die Städte. In diesem Buch findet nicht nur der Politiker oder Städteplaner Anregungen, wie die Attraktivität der Kleinstädte wieder gesteigert werden kann. Ausführlich werden spezielle Aspekte von Vorstädten und Nahtzonen zwischen Großstadt und Land diskutiert.

Taking Stands

Author : Maureen Gail Reed
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774810180
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Taking Stands by : Maureen Gail Reed

Download or read book Taking Stands written by Maureen Gail Reed and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental activism in rural places frequently pits residents whose livelihood depends on resource extraction against those who seek to protect natural spaces and species. While many studies have focused on women who seek to protect the natural environment, few have explored the perspectives of women who seek to maintain resource use. This book goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of these women. Maureen Reed uses participatory action research to explain the experiences of women who seek to protect forestry as an industry, a livelihood, a community, and a culture. She links their experiences to policy making by considering the effects of environmental policy changes on the social dynamics of workplaces, households, and communities in forestry towns of British Columbia's temperate rainforest. The result is a critical commentary about the social dimensions of sustainability in rural communities. A powerful and challenging book, Taking Stands provides a crucial understanding of community change in resource-dependent regions, and helps us to better tackle the complexities of gender and activism as they relate to rural sustainability. Social and environmental geographers, feminist scholars, and those engaged in rural studies, environmental sustainability, and community planning will find it invaluable.

Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe

Author : John M. Bryden
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136829091
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Book Synopsis Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe by : John M. Bryden

Download or read book Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe written by John M. Bryden and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the methodology and results of a three-year, eleven-country science-to-policy research project – Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – undertaken between 2005 and 2008 and financed under the European Union's Sixth Framework program. It deals with an important contemporary policy issue: how best to ensure that an agriculturally-based policy can contribute to the development of rural regions. It tackles this problem in a number of different but complementary ways, primarily by the development of a unique and innovative dynamic systems model, POMMARD (a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development).

Toward Sustainable Communities

Author : Mark Roseland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Toward Sustainable Communities written by Mark Roseland and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable development - Yes! But how do we actually do it? This completely updated and revised edition of Mark Roseland's classic text is the best resource available for citizens and their governments on how to apply the concept of sustainable development in their communities.

Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth

Author : Qaiser Rafique Yasser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781522571605
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (716 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth by : Qaiser Rafique Yasser

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth written by Qaiser Rafique Yasser and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural areas are a key sector in every nation's economy due to a sizeable majority of the population living therein, as well as their impact on global agriculture and food security. Rural development transcends the availability of infrastructure, technology, and industrialization to also encompass the enviro-cultural and psycho-social needs of its inhabitants. The necessity for greater and deliberate efforts targeting all aspects of development of these rural areas is required to sustain growth. The Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth is an essential reference source investigating how global trends, state policies, and grassroots movements affect contemporary rural areas in both developed and developing countries. Featuring research on topics such as gender and rural development, micro-financing, and water resource management, this book is ideally designed for government officials, policy makers, professionals, researchers, and students seeking coverage on the sustainable development of rural areas.

Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development

Author : Gerard E. D’Souza
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429794215
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development by : Gerard E. D’Souza

Download or read book Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development written by Gerard E. D’Souza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this book provides a broad but in-depth description of the issues, concepts, methods of analysis, and empirical results related to the sustainable development of agriculture and rural communities. Specifically, it examines the relationships between sustainability and individual topics such as technology, information, population, gender, land use, community, and public policy. A unique aspect of this book is that the topics addressed have not previously been explored together in one publication. With sustainability as the common link, data and evidence are presented and then interpreted in light of individual perspective and experience, in the process advancing our knowledge of this important field. The book comprises of 12 chapters written by prominent authors who come from government and non-government organizations as well as from various academic institutions and disciplines. This book is ideal for a seminar course. It is particularly intended for students in production agriculture, rural sociology, economics and public policy, environmental sciences, geography and land use planning, and other social sciences. Its rich insights make it a useful source of information for policy makers. It can also be used as a reference by professional economists and other researchers interested in issues relating to sustainable agricultural and rural development. While the coverage of some topics is, by necessity, more technical, the book is compiled with a general audience in mind. Thus, it should be of interest to anyone concerned with agriculture, natural resources and rural issues, particularly as they relate to the future of agriculture and of rural communities.

Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities

Author : Catherine Driscoll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317156188
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities written by Catherine Driscoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a recent expansion of interest in cultural approaches to rural communities and to the economic and social situation of rurality more broadly. This interest has been particularly prominent in Australia in recent years, spurring the emergence of an interdisciplinary field called 'rural cultural studies'. This collection is framed by a large interdisciplinary research project that is part of that emergence, particularly focused on what the idea of 'cultural sustainability' might mean for understanding experiences of growth, decline, change and heritage in small Australian country towns. However, it extends beyond the initial parameters of that research, bringing together a range of senior and emerging Australian researchers who offer diverse approaches to rural culture. The essays collected here explore the diverse forms that rural cultural studies might take and how these intersect with other disciplinary approaches, offering a uniquely diverse but also careful account of life in country Australia. Yet, in its emphasis on the simultaneous specificity and cross-cultural recognisability of rural communities, this book also outlines a field of inquiry and a set of critical strategies that are more broadly applicable to thinking about the "rural" in the early twenty-first century. This book will be valuable reading for students and academics of Geography, History, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, introducing rural cultural studies as a new dynamic and integrative discipline.

Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

Author : Diana Carney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Rural Livelihoods written by Diana Carney and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the Department for International Development's Natural Advisers' Conference, July 1998.

Revitalising Rural Communities

Author : Jessica M. Williams
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811658242
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Revitalising Rural Communities written by Jessica M. Williams and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated through implementing a rural revitalisation project in Hong Kong since 2013, the book provides an in-depth analysis of a case study along with related concepts from the literature. In particular, the concept of rural resilience is broken down and used to examine how communities at the urban-rural interface can leverage their position and connections to (re)create vibrant sustainable communities. The revitalisation project was showcased in the databases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Equator Initiative and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) as well as achieving Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020. This book teases out the key issues in the process of revitalising a rural community in the peri-urban context and examines the complexities embedded in each issue and how they can be addressed in the quest for rural sustainability.

An Upland Community in Transition

Author : Agnes C. Rola
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814345156
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Book Synopsis An Upland Community in Transition by : Agnes C. Rola

Download or read book An Upland Community in Transition written by Agnes C. Rola and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over Southeast Asia, rural communities are in transition to a sustainable status. This book explores how an environmentally fragile upland community in rural Philippines coped with and responded to economic and environmental tensions brought about by a globalized economy and decentralization. This in turn gave rise to local power especially in the management of natural resources.

Rural Community Water Supply

Author : Richard C. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788531658
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Rural Community Water Supply written by Richard C. Carter and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Carter weaves together the myriad of factors that need to come together to make rural water supply truly available to everyone. He concludes that ultimately, systemic change to the global web of injustice that divides this world into rich and poor may be the only way to address the underlying problem.