Rural Change and Sustainability

Agriculture, the Environment and Communities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, which themselves have far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governance and globalization, and rural responses to these.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-09-12
Mått:172 x 244 x 30 mm
Vikt:1 039 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:380
Förlag:CABI Publishing
ISBN:9780851990828

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Innehållsförteckning

1: Rural Change and Sustainability: Key themes, A Gilg, S Essex and R Yarwood Part 1: Agriculture Responses 2: Fordism rampant: the model and reality, as applied to production,processing and distribution in the North American agro-food system, M Troughton, University of Western Ontario, Canada 3: Feed lot Growth in Southern Alberta: A Neo-Fordist Interpretation, I MacLachlan, University of Lethbridge, Canada 4: People and Hogs: Agricultural Restructuring and the Contested Countryside in Agro-Manitoba, D Ramsey, J Everitt and L Behm,Brandon University, Canada 5: Global Markets, Local Foods: the paradoxes of aquaculture,J Marshall, McGill School of Environment, Canada 6: Alternative or conventional? An examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders, B Ilbery and D Maye,Coventry University, UK 7: Agritourism: Selling traditions of local food production, family,and rural Americana to maintain family farming heritage, D Che,G Veeck, and A Veeck, Western Michigan University, USA 8: Re-imaging agriculture: making the case for farming at the agricultural show, L Holloway, University of Hull, UK Part 2: Environmental Issues 9: Stewardship, 'Proper' Farming and Environmental Gain:Contrasting Experiences of Agri-Environmental Schemes inCanada and the EU, G M Robinson, Kingston University, UK 10: Stemming the urban tide: policy and attitudinal changes for savingthe Canadian countryside, H J Gayler, Brock University, Canada 11: Vulnerability and Sustainability Concerns for the U.S. High Plains,L M Butler Harrington, Kansas State University, USA 12: Environmental Ghost Towns, C Mayla, Eastern Michigan University, USA Part 3: Communities 13: Interpreting Family Farm Change and the Agricultural Importance of Rural Communities: Evidence from Ontario, Canada, J Smithers,University of Guelph, Canada 14: Engagement with the Land: Redemption of the Rural ResidenceFantasy? K V Cadieux, University of Toronto, Canada 15: Mammoth Cave National Park and Rural EconomicDevelopment, K Algeo, Western Kentucky University, USA 16: Assessing Variation in Rural America's Housing Stock: Case Studies from Growing and Declining Areas, H R Barcus, Morehead State University, USA 17: The Geography of Housing Needs of Low Income Persons inRural Canada, D Bruce, Mount Allison University, Canada 18: Social Change in Rural North Carolina, O J Furuseth, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Part 4: Governance 19: Finding the 'Region' in Rural Regional Governance, A K Deakin,State University of New York Fredonia, USA 20: Corporate-community relations in the tourism sector: A stake holder perspective, A M Gill and P W Williams, Simon Fraser University,Canada 21: Resource Town Transition: Debates After Closure, G Halseth,University of Northern British Columbia, Canada 22: Narratives of community-based resource management in the American West , R K Wilson, Gettysburg College, USA 23: Youth, Partnerships and Participation, C Corcoran, University of Birmingham, UK 24: Conclusion, J Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada and R Wilson,Gettysburg College, USA