Rural change and sustainability : agriculture, the environment and communities /
Rural change and sustainability : agriculture, the environment and communities /
edited by Stephen Essex ... [et al.].
- x, 384 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rural change and sustainability : key themes -- Fordism rampant : the model and reality, as applied to production, processing and distribution in the North American agro-food system -- Feedlot growth in southern Alberta : a neo-Fordist interpretation -- People and hogs : agricultural restructuring and the contested countryside in agro-Manitoba -- Global markets, local foods : the paradoxes of aquaculture -- Alternative or conventional? : an examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders -- Agritourism and the selling of local food production, family and rural American traditions to maintain family farming heritage -- Re-imaging agriculture : making the case for farming at the agricultural show -- Stewardship, 'proper' farming and environmental gain : contrasting experiences of agri-environmental schemes in Canada and the EU -- Stemming the urban tide : policy and attitudinal changes for saving the Canadian countryside -- Vulnerability and sustainability concerns for the US high plains -- Environmental ghost towns -- Interpreting family farm change and the agricultural importance of rural communities : evidence from Ontario, Canada -- Engagement with the land : redemption of the rural residence fantasy? -- Mammoth Cave National Park and rural economic development -- Assessing variation in rural America's housing stock : case studies from growing and declining areas -- The geography of housing needs of low income persons in rural Canada -- Change in rural North Carolina : the new Latino presence -- Finding the 'region' in rural regional governance -- Corporate-community relations in the tourism sector : a stakeholder perspective -- Resource town transition : debates after closure -- Narratives of community-based resource management in the American West -- Youth, partnerships and participation? : action research as a methodological approach -- Conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
"This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the U.K., the U.S., and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures, and challenges, which themselveshave far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governanance and globalization, and rural response to these themes."--Publisher description.
9780851990828 (alk. paper) 0851990827 (alk. paper)
2005009234
Rural development--Environmental aspects--Congresses
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Congresses
Rural geography--Congresses
HN49.C6 / R84 2005
307.14120917521
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rural change and sustainability : key themes -- Fordism rampant : the model and reality, as applied to production, processing and distribution in the North American agro-food system -- Feedlot growth in southern Alberta : a neo-Fordist interpretation -- People and hogs : agricultural restructuring and the contested countryside in agro-Manitoba -- Global markets, local foods : the paradoxes of aquaculture -- Alternative or conventional? : an examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders -- Agritourism and the selling of local food production, family and rural American traditions to maintain family farming heritage -- Re-imaging agriculture : making the case for farming at the agricultural show -- Stewardship, 'proper' farming and environmental gain : contrasting experiences of agri-environmental schemes in Canada and the EU -- Stemming the urban tide : policy and attitudinal changes for saving the Canadian countryside -- Vulnerability and sustainability concerns for the US high plains -- Environmental ghost towns -- Interpreting family farm change and the agricultural importance of rural communities : evidence from Ontario, Canada -- Engagement with the land : redemption of the rural residence fantasy? -- Mammoth Cave National Park and rural economic development -- Assessing variation in rural America's housing stock : case studies from growing and declining areas -- The geography of housing needs of low income persons in rural Canada -- Change in rural North Carolina : the new Latino presence -- Finding the 'region' in rural regional governance -- Corporate-community relations in the tourism sector : a stakeholder perspective -- Resource town transition : debates after closure -- Narratives of community-based resource management in the American West -- Youth, partnerships and participation? : action research as a methodological approach -- Conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
"This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the U.K., the U.S., and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures, and challenges, which themselveshave far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governanance and globalization, and rural response to these themes."--Publisher description.
9780851990828 (alk. paper) 0851990827 (alk. paper)
2005009234
Rural development--Environmental aspects--Congresses
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Congresses
Rural geography--Congresses
HN49.C6 / R84 2005
307.14120917521