Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities
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Bibliographic Information
Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities
(Perspectives on rural policy and planning)
Ashgate, c2008
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Preface
- 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 Isobel 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 2 Canadian environmental programmes, Guy M. Robinson
- Index.
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