Sustainable rural systems sustainable agriculture and rural communities /
Drawing on a wide range of topical case studies from across the UK and Canada, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of the progress made so far towards sustainability within rural systems. Focussing specifically upon sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities, the studies also su...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
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| Series: | Perspectives on rural policy and planning.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- PART 1: INTRODUCTION Sustainable Rural Systems: An Introduction / Guy M. Robinson
- Productivism versus Post-Productivism? Modes of Agri-Environmental Governance in Post-Fordist Agricultural Transitions / Mark Tilzey and Clive Potter
- PART 2: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Constructing Sustainability Through Reconnection: The Case of 'Alternative' Food Networks / Rosie Cox, Moya Kneafsey, Laura Venn, Lewis Holloway, Elizabeth Dowler and Helena Tuomainen
- Farm Animals and Rural Sustainability / Nick Evans and Richard Yarwood
- A Study of the Motivations and Influences on Farmers' Decisions to Leave the Organic Farming Sector in the United Kingdom / Frances Harris, Guy M Robinson and Isabel Griffiths
- GM Farming and Sustainability / Bruce D. Pearce
- Balancing Nature Conservation 'Needs' and Those of Other Land Uses in a Multi-Functional Context: High-Value Nature Conservation Sites in Lowland England / Christopher Short
- PART 3: SUSTAINABLE RURAL COMMUNITIES 'Culture Economy', 'Integrated Tourism' and 'Sustainable Rural Development': Evidence from Western Ireland / Mary Cawley and Desmond A. Gillmor
- The Cumbria Hill Sheep Initiative: A Solution to the Decline in Upland Hill Farming Community in England? / Lois Mansfield
- Participation and Stewardship: Sustainability in Two Canadian Environmental Programmes / Guy M Robinson.