Sustainable Rural Systems (eBook, PDF)

Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities
Redaktion: Robinson, Guy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317047681
• Artikelnr.: 44873751

Autorenporträt

Guy Robinson is Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre of Environmental and Earth Science Research, Kingston University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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.