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Author : E. M. Makhanya,C. R. Bryant,Thora Martina Herrmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015078795104
Author : I.R. Bowler,C.R. Bryant,C. Cocklin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401734714
This book examines the interaction of the dimensions of economy, society, and environment in the context of rural systems. It embraces a wide range of topics, including globalization and reregulation in sustainable food production, conservation and sustainability, the development of sustainable rural communities, and sustainable rural-urban interaction. It is relevant to advanced-level students, teachers, researchers, policymakers and agency workers.
Author : Guy Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317047681
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.
Author : Qing Tian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319526850
This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China. Author Qing Tian operationalizes the concept of sustainability and provides useful scientific analyses for sustainable development in less developed rural areas that are vulnerable to climatic hazards. The book uses a new sustainability framework that is centered on the concept of well-being to study rural development in PLR. The PLR study includes three major analyses: (1) a regional assessment of human well-being; (2) an empirical analysis of rural livelihoods; and (3) an agent-based computer model used to explore future rural development. These analyses provide a meaningful view of human development in the Poyang Lake Region and illustrate some of the complex local- and macro-level processes that shape the livelihoods of rural households in the dynamic process of urbanization. They generate useful insights about how government policy might effectively improve the well-being of rural households and promote sustainable development amid social, economic, and environmental changes. This case study has broader implications. Rural populations in the developing world are disproportionally affected by extreme climate events and climate change. Furthermore, the livelihoods of rural households in the developing world are increasingly under the influences of macro-level forces amid urbanization and globalization. This case study demonstrates that rural development policies must consider broader development dynamics at the national (and even global) level, as well as specific local social and environmental contexts. By treating climate as one of many factors that affect development in such places, we can provide policy recommendations that synergistically promote development and reduce climatic impacts and therefore facilitate mainstreaming climate adaptation into development.
Author : A. Shepherd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349262113
This book examines the paradigm shift in rural development from an industrial to an holistic approach to technology development, from a technocratic to a participatory approach to management, and from resource control by big organisations to local resource management. It provides a broad-ranging assessment of agriculture and local-level institutional development and sets out a range of agendas for development practice, management and policy into the twenty-first century.
Author : Derick W. Brinkerhoff,Authur A. Goldsmith
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1990-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822005195003
Throughout the global community, the challenges of finite resources, budget deficits, and growing interdependence and complexity have forced governments and the private sector to do more with less. In the foreign assistance realm, this has translated into a donor mandate to promote self-sustaining development in the Third World, a key component of which is the institutional framework that conceives, plans, funds, implements, and manages activities. This book, based on the results of a multi-year applied research project, focuses on institutional sustainability and its role in agriculture and rural development. It concentrates on collaboration between international donor organizations and developing countries to design and implement projects aimed at introducing performance and capacity improvements. The collection of fifteen essays is divided into three subject areas. Part one examines the sustainability dimensions of agriculture and rural development, with chapters that focus on the range of meanings of sustainability and the relationship between it and continued benefit flows; a conceptual model that draws on systems theory, organizational contingency theory, and political economy; and the action-research methodology for applying the model in the field. Part two is made up of nine chapters, each of which uses the model to analyze a particular case where an international donor-funded intervention sought to develop a sustainable institution. The cases range geographically across the world. Finally, part three draws on the case experiences to highlight strategies for promoting institutional sustainability. Lessons are derived from a comparative analysis of several of the cases, and a chapter incorporating the points made in all of the cases is also provided. With its comparative framework and conclusion that institutional sustainability is a feasible objective for development agencies, this volume will be an important work for development practitioners and students of development administration, as well as a significant addition to public and academic library collections.
Author : Ernst Lutz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821342495
Agriculture in developing countries has been remarkably productive during the last few decades; however, the production levels were achieved at the cost of placing more stress on natural resources and the environment. This volume brings together state-of-the-art applied, practical research related to agriculture, development, and the environment in the developing world. It attempts to distill current knowledge and to summarize it in readable form for development practitioners. Where possible, authors use specific examples to indicate which approaches have worked and which have not, under which conditions, and why.
Author : Solon Barraclough,Krishna Ghimire,Kléber Bertrand Ghimire,Hans Meliczek,United Nations Research Institute for Social Development,United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UN
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : MINN:31951P00538617H
Author : David Dent,Olivier Dubois,Barry Dalal-Clayton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136546990
This book provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines conventional development planning and innovative local planning approaches, drawing together lessons from recent experience of rural planning and land use. The authors examine past and current practice and ways that land use planning and management of natural resources can underpin sustainable local livelihoods. They draw on case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America to present findings relevant throughout the developing world.
Author : Reimund Roetter,Herman van Keulen,Marijke Kuiper,J. Verhagen,H. H. van Laar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402066160
Facing new challenges with respect to sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for low-income countries, related to global environmental change and globalization of markets, an interdisciplinary Wageningen University and Research Centre group set out to draw lessons from the DLO-IC projects of the last eight years. In discussing the way ahead and a future agenda, a number of major research challenges, as well as policy questions are outlined.
Author : Oliver Springate-Baginski,John McDonagh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138183016
This textbook summarises the main issues in contemporary rural development theory and practice to intermediate and advanced student level. It reviews key debates and issues, and explores the specific challenges for particular agricultural production systems. The main focus is on Asia and Africa, the areas of greatest rural poverty, with additional attention to Latin America as appropriate. A key theme is the problem of poverty, which is predominantly a rural issue. It links this to rural livelihoods, and examines the major food production systems across the developing world or 'global south', including livestock and various cropping systems in agriculture, as well as agroforestry, forests, fisheries and pastoralism. A major feature of the book is its inter-disciplinary approach and combination of the natural science of resources and agricultural and food production systems, with social science analyses of issues such as justice, equity, food security, governance, market access and economics. This provides a unique synthesis to demonstrate the range of factors upon which rural livelihoods depend.
Author : D. Barry Dalal-Clayton,David Dent,Olivier Dubois
Publisher : IIED
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Land use
ISBN : 9781899825738
Author : Ian Bowler,C. R. Bryant,C. Cocklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401734720
Author : Brian W. Ilbery,Quentin Chiotti,Timothy J. Rickard
Publisher : Sustainable Rural Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0851991653
This book consists of selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina that brought together rural geographers from Canada, UK and USA, plus one representative from New Zealand. The papers included in the book are those that focus on agricultural restructuring and sustainability. This subject is of considerable current interest at a time when rural areas in developed market economies are undergoing considerable change. The chapters in the book examine, at various spatial scales, the broad processes and structural changes that are common to all rural systems in developed countries. Different geographical contexts are used to illustrate the uneven development of these processes and the implications for sustainable agriculture and rural systems. Authors provide both literature reviews and original research. The book is aimed at not only rural geographers but also agricultural economists, rural sociologists and policy-makers concerned with rural studies.
Author : Armin Kratzer,Jutta Kister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000175714
This book critically examines different forms of urban-rural links for sustainable development in different countries. As intertwined processes of globalization, digitalization, environmental challenges and the search for sustainable development continue, rural and urban areas around the world become increasingly interconnected and interdependent. This book contributes to understanding the role of this growing interconnectedness from an economic geographical perspective. It does so by theoretically and empirically addressing the various existing linkages, such as food networks, value chains, and regional governance at local, regional, national and international levels. In doing so, contributions extend and contrast existing approaches dealing with urban and rural areas separately by considering the interplay between these two as well as their consequences for sustainability transition pathways. This edited volume adds to the academic and policy debate by bringing together a variety of concepts and themes in order to shift the research and policy agenda away from simple dichotomy to different notions of rural-urban linkages. Offering multidisciplinary insights into rural-urban linkages, the book will be of interest to decision-makers, practitioners and researchers in the fields of economic geography, regional planning, food studies and economics.