Rural Economic Development

Author : Prof Dr Peter Dannenberg,Prof Dr Elmar Kulke
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472444813

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Economic Development in Rural Areas by Prof Dr Peter Dannenberg,Prof Dr Elmar Kulke Pdf

In rural areas of industrialized societies, food production as a basis for growth and employment has been declining for many decades. In the global south, on the other hand, food production is still often the most important factor for socio-economic development. Analysing the ongoing changes and dynamics in rural development from a functional perspective through a series of case studies from the global north and south, this volume deepens our understanding of the importance of new functional and multifunctional approaches in policy, practice and theory.

Author : Wayne Caldwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1926843053

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Rural Community Economic Development by Wayne Caldwell Pdf

Is there a secret to economic success?What is it that leads to economic success in one community while another community struggles? This question is especially relevant for rural and small town communities that face unique issues and problems. For decades, many rural communities have faced low birth rates, an aging population, low rates of immigration, and declining political power.There are, though, reasons to be optimistic. In this book, author Wayne Caldwell presents a number of case studies and key lessons that have relevance for communities across the country. These lessons can be adopted and applied by local politicians, municipal staff, and the general public in working to enhance their community and neighbourhood.For some communities, despite challenges, optimism abounds! This book provides hands-on strategies that can help change your community from one that flounders to one that embraces the future.

Author : Yolande E. Chan,Christine R. Dukelow,Jeff Dixon
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773589285

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Revitalizing Rural Economies by Yolande E. Chan,Christine R. Dukelow,Jeff Dixon Pdf

Rural communities in Canada are facing a new reality where traditional economic bases such as agriculture, forestry, and manufacturing have eroded. The digital divide, whereby rural Canada lags in access to broadband, has created further barriers to participating in the emerging knowledge economy. Revitalizing Rural Economies offers practical tools for developers, business people, and community leaders. The result of a partnership between the Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business and entrepreneurs, policy makers, economic development officials, and elected representatives from rural communities across southern Ontario, Revitalizing Rural Economies draws on four years of community-based research to provide strategies for economic revitalization. Integrating case studies and community development guidelines, the authors explore themes such as the building blocks for community economic development (CED), innovation, community assets, vibrant downtowns, social capital accumulation through collaboration and inclusion, and new opportunities for rural economies through creative and value-added businesses. Designed as a practical guide, this book serves as a primer to CED, while also allowing those familiar with the field to delve deeper. Case studies ground the discussion in the challenges and opportunities facing communities. The book provides ideas and resources to foster the long-term resilience of rural regions.

Author : Shanna E. Ratner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000750867

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Wealth Creation by Shanna E. Ratner Pdf

A new approach to rural development is emerging. Instead of being about attracting companies that might create jobs over which communities have no control, the emerging paradigm is about connecting the unique underutilized assets of place with market opportunity to grow assets that are owned and controlled by and for the benefit of low-wealth people and places. But asset development is about more than bricks and mortar or narrowly defined financial assets. There are many kinds of assets that communities require to thrive – such as social capital, natural capital, political capital, and intellectual capital. The emerging new approach to rural development is, then about broadening the definition of "wealth," engaging underutilized assets, and a key third element: harnessing the power of the market – rather than relying solely on philanthropy and government. Wealth Creation provides a conceptual guide with practical examples for policymakers, practitioners of economic and community development, community organizers, environmentalists, funders, investors, and corporations seeking a values-based framework for identifying self-interests across sectors that can lead to opportunities to transform existing systems for the collective good.

Author : Yolande E. Chan,Jeff Dixon,Christine R. Dukelow
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773589278

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Revitalizing Rural Economies by Yolande E. Chan,Jeff Dixon,Christine R. Dukelow Pdf

Rural communities in Canada are facing a new reality where traditional economic bases such as agriculture, forestry, and manufacturing have eroded. The digital divide, whereby rural Canada lags in access to broadband, has created further barriers to participating in the emerging knowledge economy. Revitalizing Rural Economies offers practical tools for developers, business people, and community leaders. The result of a partnership between the Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business and entrepreneurs, policy makers, economic development officials, and elected representatives from rural communities across southern Ontario, Revitalizing Rural Economies draws on four years of community-based research to provide strategies for economic revitalization. Integrating case studies and community development guidelines, the authors explore themes such as the building blocks for community economic development (CED), innovation, community assets, vibrant downtowns, social capital accumulation through collaboration and inclusion, and new opportunities for rural economies through creative and value-added businesses. Designed as a practical guide, this book serves as a primer to CED, while also allowing those familiar with the field to delve deeper. Case studies ground the discussion in the challenges and opportunities facing communities. The book provides ideas and resources to foster the long-term resilience of rural regions.

Author : Don E. Albrecht,Scott Loveridge,Stephan Goetz,Rachel Welborn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351706292

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Rural Housing and Economic Development by Don E. Albrecht,Scott Loveridge,Stephan Goetz,Rachel Welborn Pdf

Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development. Rural areas face a substantial disadvantage compared to urban areas in regard to housing, and this book explores these issues. Rural Housing and Economic Development includes chapters from nationally known experts from throughout the U.S. to provide insight to help understand and address the difficult housing concerns within rural areas. The chapters cover a variety of issues including housing for rural minorities, the extent of and problems associated with mobile home dwelling, the extent to which affordable rental housing is available in rural areas, the rapidly growing elderly population, and the housing consequences of rapid population and economic growth associated with energy development. The authors not only describe various housing problems, but also suggest policy approaches to more effectively address them. This book will be a vital resource to policy makers at the local, state or national level as they grapple with difficult rural housing problems. Researchers and professionals dealing with housing issues will also benefit from the insights of these experts while the book will also be appropriate for upper level undergraduates or graduate students in courses on housing or economic development.

Author : Greg Halseth,Sean Patrick Markey,David Bruce
Publisher : CABI
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845935818

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The Next Rural Economies by Greg Halseth,Sean Patrick Markey,David Bruce Pdf

This book discusses the future of rural development and the recognition of the growing importance of 'place-based economies' where the unique attributes and assets of individual places determine their attractiveness for particular types of activities and investments. New understandings of competitiveness and conceptualizations of a new economy underline the importance of making strategic investments in community infrastructure. Doing things, at the local and regional scales, matters and not doing things has consequences. Topics include seasonal economies, amenity migration, IT industries, green energy and transportation developments.

Author : Shanna Ratner,Deborah Markley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317312666

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Rural Wealth Creation as a Sustainable Economic Development Strategy by Shanna Ratner,Deborah Markley Pdf

Many rural areas in the United States find themselves struggling to build local assets and create wealth, and, when this wealth is created, they often struggle to hold on it. Previous approaches to community and economic development have been inadequate in attempting to reverse these trends. Shifting to a new way of enabling economic development requires supporting innovative community leaders as they explore new ways of approaching the task at hand. It also requires thinking anew about the role of rural areas, based on valuing multiple forms of wealth – natural, social, and human. There is a real need for an approach that can help stem the potential loss of existing wealth, and attract new investment that will allow rural areas to become valued partners in regional economies. This book provides an important insight into rural wealth creation as a sustainable economic development strategy. At the same time, a number of compelling issues are raised that merit future research effort and discussion. This book was originally published as a special issue of Community Development.

Author : Lorna Aldrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Rural development
ISBN : UFL:31262074686519

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Rural Economic Development by Lorna Aldrich Pdf

Author : Jody Gordon
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839472138

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Economic Development in Rural Sector by Jody Gordon Pdf

The history of economic development of countries show that there have been countless examples of institutional agencies that have played pivotal role in fulfilling certain developmental activities. Cooperation as an institution is used in various countries as instrument of economic growth. The economic performance of rural regions around the world is lagging, despite efforts by governments and local leaders to address the problem. Rural economic development should focus on the unique strengths of each area, rather than concentrating on ameliorating generic weaknesses. Rural economic development should address and harness the efficient spatial distribution of economic activity rather than attempt to replicate urban economies. Rural development aims at improving rural people's livelihoods in an equitable and sustainable manner, both socially and environmentally, through better access to assets and services, and control over productive capital that enable them to improve their livelihoods on a sustainable and equitable basis. It is certain that the valuable contributions, views and suggestions of the researchers will be of immense help to the future researchers, policy-makers, administrators and social thinkers in solving the problem of poverty, unemployment and to achieve economic development of the country as well as the state, especially in rural sector, renewing the existing employment generating programmes. The objective underlying the publication of this book is, therefore, to attract the attention of those interested in, and concerned with, the growth and progress of agricultural sector in our country.

Author : Peter V. Schaeffer,Scott Loveridge
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780275965761

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Small Town and Rural Economic Development by Peter V. Schaeffer,Scott Loveridge Pdf

Similar to large cities, rural towns have undergone dramatic change since mid-century. The decline in retailing, changes in manufacturing, and jobs moving abroad have had a tremendous impact. Yet while rural and industrial areas have similar concerns about adjusting to a changing economy, successful urban strategies cannot be blindly transferred to rural areas. Nor can rural areas be considered homogeneous. They differ in ethnic makeup, industrial structure, topography, and natural and human resources. Appreciating the diversity of rural areas, this book presents case studies from different industries, regions, and cultures, providing examples of the activity in small town and rural development, and reflecting on how these strategies might be pursued elsewhere. This collection provides examples of communities that have attempted to affect their future. Telling the stories of small towns that do not attract the attention of national media, this book celebrates the success, creativity, and vision of rural residents. Also included are examples of less effective rural development initiatives, which can be lessons to analyze and avoid mistakes. Ultimately, what is best in small town and rural development is the result of community engagement. This volume will help people to begin, or strengthen, that process of engagement.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural credit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021052027

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Proposals to Stimulate Rural Economic Development by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development Pdf

Author : Sean Markey,John T Pierce,Kelly Vodden
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780774851343

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Second Growth by Sean Markey,John T Pierce,Kelly Vodden Pdf

This book is drawn from a three-year participatory research project with four communities in British Columbia: two municipalities and two Aboriginal communities. It examines historical and contemporary forces of restructuring, linking the development of rural communities with the legacy of resource development and Aboriginal marginalization across the province. The book then presents the theoretical and practical dynamics of the community economic development (CED) process and outlines a variety of strategies communities can initiate to diversify their local economies. Second Growth shows that sound theoretical frameworks and tested best practices are important tools in facilitating the prospects for a second growth in rural and small-town communities.

Author : Luther G. Tweeten,George Loris Brinkman
Publisher : Ames : Iowa State University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Community development
ISBN : UCAL:B4313477

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Micropolitan Development by Luther G. Tweeten,George Loris Brinkman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Rural development
ISBN : CUB:U183016075631

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Rural Development Perspectives by Anonim Pdf