Rural planning and policy Books

Book SynopsisAlthough most countries in the world are rapidly urbanizing, the majority of the global population - particularly the poor - continue to live in rural areas. This Handbook rejects the popular notion that urbanization should be universally encouraged and presents clear evidence of the vital importance of rural people and places, particularly in terms of environmental conservation. Expert contributors from around the world explore how global trends, state policies and grassroots movements affect contemporary rural areas in both developed and developing countries.Rural development policies have historically focused primarily on increasing agricultural productivity, but this volume demonstrates the need for a much broader approach as rural producers become increasingly integrated into the global economy. Following a comprehensive discussion of rural development theory and policy, the contributors tackle a number of diverse topics, including resource dependence, migration, entrepreneurship and microfinance, tourism and gender issues. The book concludes with detailed explorations of rural development in different areas of the world, including Africa, China and Latin America. Professors and students of development studies, agricultural economics, environmental studies and sociology will find this Handbook an indispensable resource, as will practitioners and policymakers working in rural areas around the world.Contributors: A. Bonanno, I. Carrillo, K.J. Curtis, M. Dougherty, S. Gasteyer, R. Goe, S. Goetz, S. Golding, G.P. Green, C. Herman, T.G. Johnson, D. Kraybill, L. Lobao, D. Marcouiller, A. Mukherjee, C. Sachs, J. Sharp, R. Stedman, E. da Via, L. Zhang, J.A. ZindaTrade ReviewThis comprehensive book deals with key issues of rural development. The authors address emergent issues of policy, structure and agency in complex and contrasting settings. Many of the chapters are written by scholars well known in their areas of expertise, and younger scholars contribute in new areas of rural development concerns. The research and analysis presented makes clear that rural is more than agriculture, although in some regions it is still a driver. By looking at the twin issues of conservation and development in the context of complex social relations, this Handbook is must for both scholars and practitioners of development. By including key articles addressing emerging rural development issues in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, the volume integrates global structures and local responses in a coherent and engaging manner. --Cornelia Flora, Iowa State UniversityThis handbook provides a fresh and decidedly political perspective on rural development issues and policies in the 21st century. Scholars, students, practitioners and policymakers who are working on and in rural areas around the world will welcome this book as an essential resource. --Andreas Neef, Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THEORY 1. Rural Development Theory Gary Paul Green and John Aloysius Zinda 2. Globalization Alessandro Bonanno 3. Rural Policy Thomas G. Johnson 4. Grassroots Rural Development: Models of Development, Capacity and Leadership Stephen Gasteyer and Cameron (Khalfani) Herman PART II: THEMES 5. Resource Dependence and Rural Development Richard C. Stedman 6. Migration and Rural Development: Resettlement, Remittances, and Amenities Shaun A. Golding and Katherine J. Curtis 7. Agriculture and Rural Development Linda Lobao and Jeff Sharp 8. Entrepreneurship Stephan J. Goetz 9. The Rural Development Attributes of Tourism David Marcouiller 10. Gender and Rural Development Carolyn Sachs 11. The Successes and Challenges of Microfinance Ian Carrillo 12. The Implications of Corn-Based Ethanol Production for Non-Metropolitan Development in the North Central Region of the US W. Richard Goe and Anirban Mukherjee PART III: REGIONAL 13. Land Grabbing in the Name of Development Elisa da Vià 14. Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa David Kraybill 15. Urbanization, Farm Dependence, and Population Change in China Li Zhang 16. Work, Mobility, and Livelihoods in a Changing Rural Latin America Michael L. Dougherty Index

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Book SynopsisThe discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and qualities of these derelict sites are reimagined in the transformed landscape and considers how such approaches can reveal the dramatic changes that have been wrought on these places over a relatively short time scale. It discusses these issues with reference to eleven sites from the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia and China, focusing specifically on how designers incorporate evidence of landscape change, both cultural and natural. There has been little research into how these developed landscapes are perceived by visitors and local residents. This book examines how the tangible material traces of pastness are interpreted by the visitor and the impact of the intangible elements - hidden traces, experiences and memories. The book draws together theory in the field and implications for practice in landscape architecture and concludes with an examination of how different approaches to revealing and reimagining change can affect the future management of the site.Trade Review"The complex legacy of post-industrial and military landscapes presents ecological challenges across the world today, requiring close scrutiny and imaginative responses. Catherine Heatherington’s fine-grained exploration of the successful recuperation of the former gun-ranges at Rainham Marshes near London, along with other case studies, provides essential insights into how best to approach this new landscape condition. The book provides an invaluable resource for those who now manage such derelict and neglected sites and, ultimately, for the wider public - for whom they are the new landscapes of leisure and environmental renewal." Ken Worpole, Emeritus Professor, Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsPreamble1. Introduction 2. The qualities of derelict, underused and neglected sites 3. Eleven landscapes and their qualities 4. Designing to reveal change ‘Musing on the tracks – the first interlude 5. Perceptions of material and spatial qualities in developed sites ‘Temporalities at Orford Ness’ – the second interlude 6. Perceptions of temporal qualities in developed sites ‘My memories at Bentwaters’ - the third interlude 7. Perceptions of the qualities and their impact on memories 8. Implications for practice 9. Managing change

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil. Long-standing uses of rural space are in crisis and, unsurprisingly, political processes in rural areas are marked by conflicts between groups, such as farmers, environmentalists, developers and local residents. Using an innovative theoretical approach based on ''networks of conventions'', this book investigates the ''regionalisation'' of the English countryside through a series of case-studies. These studies are based on a set of ''ideal types'': ''the preserved'' countryside, where environmental pressures are strongly expressed; the ''contested'' countryside, where development processes are shaped by disputes between agrarian and environmental interests; and the ''paternalistic'' countryside, where large landowners continue to oversee patterns of land development. It looks in detail at landowners, residents, politicians, planners, farmers, and environmTrade Review'A useful reference book for researchers in related fields.' - GeographyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Differentiated Countryside? 2. Regionalising the Rural 3. Theorising Differentiation 4. The 'Preserved' Countryside 5. The 'Contested' Countryside 6. The 'Paternalistic' Countryside 7. The Differentiated Polity 8. The Dynamics of Differentiation

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Book SynopsisThis introduction to town--and--country planning combines theory, procedures, and practice with detailed, real--world case studies. Both national and local perspectives in the United Kingdom are presented, clearly demonstrating how planning policies are mediated by local concerns in real situations.Trade Review"...a valuable edition to the current planning textbooks..." (Urban Studies, Vol.38, No.13, 2001)Table of ContentsWhat is Planning and What Do Planners Do? (C. Hague). Planning for Sustainable Development (J. Raemaekers). Development Plans (A. Prior). Development Control (D. Groves). Central Government Planning Policy (M. Quinn). Urban Renewal and Grants (C. Couch). Housing (M. Satsangi). Retail Development (G. Mappin P. Allmendinger). Planning for Transport (C. Carr I. Docherty). Town Centre Management (J. Grail). The Built Environment and Design (M. Higgins A. Karski). Planning to Conserve the Natural Heritage (J. Raemaekers). Planning for Minerals, Waste and Contaminated Land (J. Raemaekers). Tourism and Local Economic Development (T. Shaw). Public Participation, Equal Opportunities, Planning Policies and Decisions (R. Darke). Ethics and Town Planning (A. Prior). Conclusions (J. Raemaekers, et al.). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book has been developed from a report of the cross-national 'PRIDE' (Partnerships for Rural Integrated Development in Europe) research project. The research focused on the public and private sector rural development experience of six member states of the European Union, namely Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Partnerships and Local Rural Development 3: The Research Objectives 4: Literature Review And Theoretical Framework 5: The Emergence Of Partnerships - A 1999 Perspective 6: The Impact Of Partnerships - A 1999 Perspective 7: A 2002 'Postscript' to the Literature Review 8: A Theoretical Perspective 9: From Theory to a Research Programme 10: Methodology - And The Execution Of The Research 11: The Overall Research Design 12: The Method of the 'Extensive Survey' 13: The Method of Selecting the 24 Case-Study Partnerships 14: The Method of the Study of the Practice of Partnership 15: The Method of the Study of the Impact of Partnership 16: The Method of the Feedback Survey 17: The Method of the Final Synthesis 18: The Findings Of The Extensive Survey 19: Republic of Ireland 20: Germany 21: Spain 22: Italy 23: United Kingdom 24: Finland 25: Sweden 26: The Extensive Survey Results Viewed from a European Perspective: A Descriptive Overview 27: A Typology of Local Partnerships for Integrated Rural Development In Europe 28: The Findings Of The Study of Practice 29: The Main Features of the Partnerships Studied 30: The Practice of Rural Partnership in the United Kingdom 31: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Sweden 32: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Finland 33: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Germany 34: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Spain 35: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Italy 36: The Origin and Composition of the Partnerships, and Partner Involvement; a European Perspective 37: Key Elements in the Organisation and Operation of the Partnerships- A European Perspective 38: The 'Adding of Value' to Local Development - A European Perspective 39: Key Weaknesses in the Practice of Partnerships - A European Perspective 40: The Findings Of 'The Study of Impact' 41: The Effects of the Partnership Approach - A European Analysis 42: The Determinants of the Effects of the Partnership Approach - A European Analysis 43: Determinants and Effects from the Six National Perspectives 44: The Impact Study; Some Concluding Comments 45: Validation; the 'Feedback Survey'. 46: Conclusions And Recommendations 47: The Focus of the Chapter 48: What are the Key Characteristics of Rural Development Partnerships? 49: What Impact Have Partnerships Had on Rural Development? 50: What Factors Have Significantly Influenced the Effectiveness of Partnerships in Impacting upon Rural Development? 51: Recommendations - What Measures Would Improve the Effectiveness of Local Partnerships in Promoting Rural Development? 52: References and Select English Language Bibliography 53: Appendices

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Book SynopsisContains papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. This book provides an international view of the advanced production in rural sociology.Trade Review"In summary, the contributions found in this volume offer research primarily grounded in alternative, critical theories and case studies that critique the changing contexts that situate the rural within the global - Additionally, this volume leaves readers with a sense that critical areas of study remain for contemporary rural sociology to address, revealing the discipline's prominent role as we grapple with disembedded transnational capitalism, developing conflicts for resources, and increased differentiation among emerging economics." - Billy R. Brocato, Sam Houston State University, USA. Reviewed in Agriculture and Human Values (Springer), Volume 29, Issue 2, June 2012Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Chapter 1 I have seen the future, and it works! How Joint Farming may solve contradictions between technological level and farm structure in Norwegian dairy production. Chapter 2 New peasantries and alternative agro-food networks: The case of Réseau Semences Paysannes. Chapter 3 The development of alternative production and consumption activities related to food safety and security and associated gender issues. Chapter 4 The role and possibilities for subsistence production: Reflecting on the experience in Japan. Chapter 5 The globalization of the poultry industry: Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride in Mexico. Chapter 6 Studying fertility behavior of farm population as a contribution to understanding overall low fertility trends: The case of Slovenia. Chapter 7 State and market: The politics of development, “peasantization,” and agrarian restructuring in Northern Lao PDR. Chapter 8 Without categories and classifications: “Rural” as a social expression. Chapter 9 Rural community in a globalizing world. Chapter 10 Italian immigrants and the built environment in rural Australia. Chapter 11 The regenerative power of older migrants? A case study of Hokkaido, Japan. Chapter 12 Making device for sustainable agricultural systems: A case study of Japanese farmers’ markets. Chapter 13 Direct sales suit producers and consumers’ interests in Vietnam. Chapter 14 Participation of the state in the distribution of food to urban areas and possible implications for the Venezuelan agro food sector. Chapter 15 Capacity building for the environment: Forest policy and management in Southeastern Europe. Chapter 16 Histories and continuities of water governance in Northern Ghana. Chapter 17 Gender, bodies and ethnicity in rural places: Settlement experiences of immigrant women in Rural Victoria. Chapter 18 Women farmers’ networking in Japan: A case study of a pioneering network. Research in rural sociology and development. Research in rural sociology and development. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the ambitious goals for sustainability set by cities and nations, and details ways to achieve those goals through effective forms of collaboration between citizens and multiple stakeholders, such as municipal decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers.Each chapter discusses how citizens are currently involved in urban development and what opportunities there are for further deepening the collaboration in context of urban development between citizens and municipalities. Cases from the Nordics focus on the adoption and use of digital technologies in provision of municipal services as well as in citizen participation. The book presents the state of the art in scientific research in the field, practical examples from multiple case studies of sustainable urban development initiatives, as well as key themes for moving the discourse forward in the future. It is essential for academics, students, researchers, policymakers, urban planners, and professi

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Book SynopsisA key aspect of town planning, landscape planning and landscape architecture is to identify and then use the distinctive features and characteristics of space, place and landscape to achieve environmental quality. Landscape Analysis provides an introduction to the field both in theory and in practice. A wide range of methods and techniques for landscape analysis is illustrated by urban and rural examples from many countries. Analysing landscapes within a planning context requires both skill and insights. Drawing upon numerous concrete examples, together with an examination of some theoretical concepts, this book guides the reader through a wide range of different approaches and techniques of landscape analysis that may be applied at different scales, from elementary site analysis to historical and regional studies. This is an essential book for students and graduate practitioners working in landscape architecture, planning and architecture.Table of Contents1. Landscape Change and the Need for Analysis, 2. Framing Analysis: Values, Experts, and Citizens, 3. Analysis of Natural Factors, Biophysical Attributes and Land Use, 4. Historical Analysis, 5. Spatial Analysis, 6. Regionalisation and Landscape Character Assessment, 7. Site Selection and Landscape Potential, 8. Impact Assessment and Futures Analysis, 9. Landscape Analysis in Research and Practice

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Book SynopsisJanice Morphet sets out and analyses the key components of infrastructure delivery in Britain, both at national and neighbourhood level, situating this within international, European and domestic economic, territorial and social policy.Trade Review“Presenting fresh ways of seeing infrastructure fields, and giving clear pointers on what to do, this book is full of wise analysis and best practice advice.” Tim Marshall, Oxford Brookes University"Offers a compelling insight into infrastructure planning at a range of spatial scales and will be a valuable read for those involved with its promotion, design and delivery." Nicholas Smith, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsThe role of infrastructure in society; Delivering infrastructure: methodologies and funding; Physical infrastructure delivery planning; Environmental and green infrastructure delivery planning; Social and community infrastructure; International context of infrastructure delivery planning; Infrastructure and the EU policy, plans and practices; State infrastructure policy and planning; Infrastructure delivery in functional economic areas/sub-regions; Local infrastructure delivery planning; Neighbourhood and community infrastructure planning; Effective infrastructure delivery planning.

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Book SynopsisJanice Morphet sets out and analyses the key components of infrastructure delivery in Britain, both at national and neighbourhood level, situating this within international, European and domestic economic, territorial and social policy.Trade Review“Presenting fresh ways of seeing infrastructure fields, and giving clear pointers on what to do, this book is full of wise analysis and best practice advice.” Tim Marshall, Oxford Brookes University"Offers a compelling insight into infrastructure planning at a range of spatial scales and will be a valuable read for those involved with its promotion, design and delivery." Nicholas Smith, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsThe role of infrastructure in society; Delivering infrastructure: methodologies and funding; Physical infrastructure delivery planning; Environmental and green infrastructure delivery planning; Social and community infrastructure; International context of infrastructure delivery planning; Infrastructure and the EU policy, plans and practices; State infrastructure policy and planning; Infrastructure delivery in functional economic areas/sub-regions; Local infrastructure delivery planning; Neighbourhood and community infrastructure planning; Effective infrastructure delivery planning.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a manifesto for a new planning system in England. Reflecting on controversial new Government reforms and deregulation, the authors draw on policy and practice examples from across the UK and internationally to challenge the current English system and ignite debate about its future.Trade Review"A thorough, engaging account of the dire state of planning in England and a welcome radical re-think of the way we plan. It will be essential reading for my planning students next year." Jessica Ferm, UCL"This should be the kind of book that launches a proper national debate on the role of planning." Planning Resource"Forcefully reminds us that real planning is essential to provide decent homes for everyone in well-designed places, underpinned by a planning system delivering equity across Britain" Peter Hetherington, TCPA chair and former regional affairs editor of The Guardian"Good planning matters to all of us. In this engaging book, Hugh Ellis and Kate Henderson offer timely critique of recent government reforms and some good ideas to help recapture the utopian spirit and purpose of planning in England." Ben Clifford, University College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1; Utopia abandoned?; International Utopias; Part 2: Ten ideas to transform England; 1. A vision for England; 2. Rebuilding our institutions; 3. A new generation of place-makers; 4. New civil rights in planning; 5. Feeding the nation; 6. A new house building model; 7. Restoring zero carbon; 8. A commitment to Lifetime homes and space standards; 9. Municipalised energy for our communities; 10. Greening our cities; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe past three decades have seen an international ‘turn to participation’ – letting those who will be affected by neighbourhood planning outcomes play an active role in decision-making. This innovative analysis brings theory, research, and practice together and gives insights into how and why citizen voices either become effective or get excluded.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Neighbourhood Planners and the Turn to Participation 2. Planning, Participation, and Democratisation 3. Knowledge, Politics and Care: Perspectives from Science and Technology Studies 4. Neighbourhoods, Identity and Legitimacy 5. Experience, Evidence and Examination 6. Expertise, Agency and Power 7. Care and Concern 8. Conclusions: Neighbourhood Planning and Beyond

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Book SynopsisThe past three decades have seen an international 'turn to participation' letting those who will be affected by neighbourhood planning outcomes play an active role in decision-making. This innovative analysis brings theory, research, and practice together and gives insights into how and why citizen voices either become effective or get excluded.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Neighbourhood Planners and the Turn to Participation 2. Planning, Participation, and Democratisation 3. Knowledge, Politics and Care: Perspectives from Science and Technology Studies 4. Neighbourhoods, Identity and Legitimacy 5. Experience, Evidence and Examination 6. Expertise, Agency and Power 7. Care and Concern 8. Conclusions: Neighbourhood Planning and Beyond

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated short guide discusses the planning system, processes, legal constructs and approaches, taking into account the recent regulatory changes within the UK nations. It explores the interactions of government and society with the planning system, encouraging the reader to adopt a reflective and inquisitive outlook.Table of Contents1. What is Planning and Who Are the Planners? 2. A Brief History of Planning in the UK 3. Governance 4. Plans and Policy: Looking Forward 5. Planning in Practice 6. Enabling Place Making

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Book SynopsisAfter Suburbia presents state-of-the-art suburban research to examine twenty-first century cities from the point of view of their peripheries.Table of ContentsOpenings 1. Beyond Suburban Stereotypes: Urban Peripheries in the 21st Century Fulong Wu and Roger Keil 2. The Power of the Image: Integrating Research and Teaching via Experiential Education Ute Lehrer 3. The New Urban Peripheries, 1990-2014: Selected Findings from a Global Sample of Cities Solly Angel, with contributions by Yang Liu, Alex M. Blei, Patrick Lamson-Hall, Nicolás Galarza Sanchez, and Sara Arango-Franco 4. Regional Urbanisation Processes in Contemporary Italy: Beyond the City, from the Country of One Hundred Cities Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, and Camilla Perrone 5. Extended Urbanization, Urban Utopias, and Other Economies Roberto Luís Monte-Mór and Rodrigo Castriota 6. A Dose of Density: The Urban Counter-Revolution Richard Harris Land, Infrastructure, Governance 7. Cities in a World of Villages: Agrarian Urbanism and the Making of India’s Urbanizing Frontiers Shubhra Gururani 8. The ‘Publicness’ of Suburban Infrastructure Planning: Cases from Toronto and Melbourne Crystal Legacy 9. Suburban Infrastructures: Benevolent Public Domain and Instruments of Control and Power Pierre Filion 10. Intertwined Modalities of Suburban Governance in China Fulong Wu 11. Governing Cities in a Post-suburban Era: New Challenges for Planning? Pierre Hamel After Suburbia – The Path Ahead 12. An Atlas of Suburbanisms Markus Moos 13. Decolonizing Suburban Research Rob Shields 14. Seeing through the Darkness of Future Past: ‘After-Suburbia’ from a Historical Perspective Ilja Van Damme and Stijn Oosterlynk 15. The After-Lives of “Suburbs:” Methodological and Conceptual Innovations in Urban Studies Jennifer Robinson 16. Africa’s Suburban Constellations Robin Bloch, Alan Mabin, and Alison Todes 17. Outside the Outside: Alienation, Fidelity and New Sub-Urbanizations Matt Hern 18. (Sub)Urban Vibrations: The Suburbanisation of Sex Shops and Sex Toys in Australia Paul Maginn and Christine Steinmetz 19. Manhattan in Orange County: Lippo and the Shenzhen of Indonesia Abidin Kusno 20. Transnationalism and Southern Suburbanization: Accounting for Translocalities in Manila’s Peri-Urban Fringe Arnisson Andre C. Ortega Conclusion 21. After Suburbia: Peripheral Notes on Urban Theory Roger Keil Contributors List and Legend of Images

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Book SynopsisAfter Suburbia presents a cross-section of state-of-the-art scholarship in critical global suburban research and provides an in-depth study of the planet’s urban peripheries to grasp the forms of urbanization in the twenty-first century. Based on cutting-edge conceptual thought and steeped in richly detailed empirical work conducted over the past decade, After Suburbia draws on research from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the Americas to showcase comprehensive global scholarship on the urban periphery. Contributors explicitly reject the traditional centre-periphery dichotomy and the prioritization of epistemologies that favour the Global North, especially North American cases, over other experiences. In doing so, the book strongly advances the notion of a post-suburban reality in which traditional dynamics of urban extension outward from the centre are replaced by a set of complex contradictory developments. After Suburbia examines multipleTable of ContentsOpenings 1. Beyond Suburban Stereotypes: Urban Peripheries in the 21st Century Fulong Wu and Roger Keil 2. The Power of the Image: Integrating Research and Teaching via Experiential Education Ute Lehrer 3. The New Urban Peripheries, 1990-2014: Selected Findings from a Global Sample of Cities Solly Angel, with contributions by Yang Liu, Alex M. Blei, Patrick Lamson-Hall, Nicolás Galarza Sanchez, and Sara Arango-Franco 4. Regional Urbanisation Processes in Contemporary Italy: Beyond the City, from the Country of One Hundred Cities Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, and Camilla Perrone 5. Extended Urbanization, Urban Utopias, and Other Economies Roberto Luís Monte-Mór and Rodrigo Castriota 6. A Dose of Density: The Urban Counter-Revolution Richard Harris Land, Infrastructure, Governance 7. Cities in a World of Villages: Agrarian Urbanism and the Making of India’s Urbanizing Frontiers Shubhra Gururani 8. The ‘Publicness’ of Suburban Infrastructure Planning: Cases from Toronto and Melbourne Crystal Legacy 9. Suburban Infrastructures: Benevolent Public Domain and Instruments of Control and Power Pierre Filion 10. Intertwined Modalities of Suburban Governance in China Fulong Wu 11. Governing Cities in a Post-suburban Era: New Challenges for Planning? Pierre Hamel After Suburbia – The Path Ahead 12. An Atlas of Suburbanisms Markus Moos 13. Decolonizing Suburban Research Rob Shields 14. Seeing through the Darkness of Future Past: ‘After-Suburbia’ from a Historical Perspective Ilja Van Damme and Stijn Oosterlynk 15. The After-Lives of “Suburbs:” Methodological and Conceptual Innovations in Urban Studies Jennifer Robinson 16. Africa’s Suburban Constellations Robin Bloch, Alan Mabin, and Alison Todes 17. Outside the Outside: Alienation, Fidelity and New Sub-Urbanizations Matt Hern 18. (Sub)Urban Vibrations: The Suburbanisation of Sex Shops and Sex Toys in Australia Paul Maginn and Christine Steinmetz 19. Manhattan in Orange County: Lippo and the Shenzhen of Indonesia Abidin Kusno 20. Transnationalism and Southern Suburbanization: Accounting for Translocalities in Manila’s Peri-Urban Fringe Arnisson Andre C. Ortega Conclusion 21. After Suburbia: Peripheral Notes on Urban Theory Roger Keil Contributors List and Legend of Images

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Book SynopsisPolitics of the Periphery discusses empirical studies of post-metropolitan regions around the world.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Sub/urban Governance under Scrutiny: Revisiting Institutional Arrangements and Planning in Metropolitan Regions Pierre Hamel 2. Negotiating Multiculturalism, Neoliberalism, and Metropolitan Intensification: Suburban Governance in Toronto Pierre Filion, Roger Keil, and Michael Collens 3. Institutional Reform and the Reconfiguration of Power: Greater Montreal’s Experience with Suburban Governance Pierre Hamel 4. Suburban Governance in Miami Dade County: Immigrant Empowerment and the Rebellion of Municipal Incorporations Fernando Burga 5. Shaping Suburbanization through Regional Land-Use Planning? The Case of Greater Frankfurt Valentin Meilinger and Jochen Monstadt 6. How Big Is Grand Paris? Paris, Its Suburbs, and Its Periurbs Marie-Hélène Bacqué and Éric Charmes 7. City with No Boundary: Suburbanization as a Mode of Wealth Accumulation in Istanbul Murat Üçoğlu and K. Murat Güney 8. What a Difference a Metro Makes! Or Did It? Suburbanization and Local Government Consolidation in Johannesburg Margot Rubin, Alison Todes, and Alan Mabin 9. State Strategies, Market Instruments: Governing Suburban Shanghai under State Entrepreneurialism Fulong Wu 10. Conclusion: Sub/urban Governance Facing Uncertainty Pierre Hamel Contributors

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Book SynopsisRural development is a crucial issue throughout the world. Key issues include farming and forestry, land use and the management of natural resources. In addition economic diversification in rural communities is at the centre of many programs across the globe.

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Book SynopsisRural development researchers and practitioners have argued in recent years that investing in a broad range of assets is a critical component of long-term economic growth in rural communities. Wealth can contribute to people''s welfare in many ways beyond increasing income, such as providing economic resilience in adverse circumstances or enhancing one''s power and prestige. Understanding the distribution of wealth across and within rural communities is critical. Additionally, population loss is a longstanding concern among rural development practitioners. Nearly half of today''s non-metropolitan counties lost population through net out-migration over the past 20 years. Population loss tends to increase tax burdens, reduce property values, and reduce both the demand for and supply of local goods and services. Rural out-migration is also troublesome because it is highly concentrated among young adults, especially those possessing or acquiring education and skills. This book examines rural America, with a focus on rural wealth, out-migration, population and transportation issues.

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Book SynopsisA pandemic-inspired sequel to the original The Weekender Effect, looking at the current and future challenges facing mountain communities.The pandemic, and the rapid introduction of technologies in its wake that enabled many to work from home, have put spectacular pressure on mountain and other resort communities that were already under siege by outside and foreign speculators and increasingly overwhelmed by owners of second and even third homes. Unmanageable development pressures and the explosion in property values fuelled by low interest rates and high incomes are undermining the very character of many communities and, by making where they live unaffordable, driving out the very locals who over decades established the charm, character, and sense of place and of belonging that now make their communities so attractive to weekenders and visitors alike.Swelling populations, out-of-control tourism, and associated recreational and other pressures are also pressing hard against ecological limits in these places just when, in the absence of effective global climate action, the threatening effects and dangerous impacts of climate change appear to have arrived 20 to 30 years earlier than projected.Fortunately, in the midst of this perfect storm of change there remains much that communities can do to maintain their identity. Major breakthroughs in science continue to unravel our society's mechanistic world view and point the way to reconciliation with one another and restoration of hope for the future. The sequel to an earlier book on the same concerns, The Weekender Effect II: Fallout is a passionate plea for considered development in these precious communities and for the necessary protection and restoration of landscapes and positive transformation of local values, identity, and sense of place, here and everywhere.

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Book SynopsisA passionate plea for considered development in mountain towns and for the preservation of local values, cultures and landscapes.As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not, these retreats are found in and around resorts or places of natural beauty. As a result, what once were small towns are fast becoming mini-cities, complete with expensive housing, fast food, traffic snarls and environmental damage, all with little or no thought for the importance of local history, local people, and local culture.This updated edition of The Weekender Effect looks at how things have changed, grown, and morphed in numerous mountain communities in North America. Offering suggestions for residents, tourists, and planners who love mountain places, Robert Sandford tackles some of the issues facing small communities on the edge of the Anthropocene and looks forward to a future when the commodification of place is no longer the driving factor in human geography.

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Book SynopsisThis collection challenges misconceptions that rural Canada is a bastion of intolerance. While examining the extent and nature of contemporary cultural and religious discrimination in rural Canadian communities, the editors and contributors explore the many efforts by rural citizens, community groups, and municipalities to counter intolerance, build inclusive communities, and become better neighbours. Throughout, scholars and community leaders focus on building new understandings, language, and ways of thinking about diversity and inclusion that will resonate with rural people. Scholars of rural studies will find this book useful as will rural community leaders and community organizers. Contributors: Clark Banack, Ray Bollman, Claudine Bonner, Corina Borri-Anadon, Jen Budney, Michael Corbett, Roger Epp, Murray Fulton, Stacey Haugen, Phil Henderson, Sivane Hirsch, Michelle Lam, Coleen Lynch, Aasa Marshall, Darcy Overland, Trista Pewapisconias, Dionne Pohler, Samuel Reimer, Jennifer Tinkham, Kyle WhiteTrade Review“The contributors to Building Inclusive Communities in Rural Canada refuse to fall back on simple, misleading stereotypes about rural place—as uniquely friendly and welcoming or as places of entrenched racism and xenophobia—and instead do the difficult work of recognizing the heterogeneity of rural places, people, and practices." —Karen Foster, Dalhousie University"This collection by scholars and practitioners is an important contribution to countering stereotypes about rural communities. It explores the complexity and diversity of attitudes and the work against intolerance taking place in groups and institutions in rural communities and offers helpful practical tools to foster inclusivity." Belinda Leach, University of Guelph"Clark Banack and Dionne Pohler’s essay collection, Building Inclusive Communities in Rural Canada, plants some critical seeds in a research field relatively ­barren of sustained inquiry. To what extent, their ­contributors ask, does racial intolerance prevail in rural Canada, and how do we create more inclusive rural communities in this country? The co-editor Clark Banack’s standout ­chapter on attitudes toward cultural and religious ­minorities is a must-read for anyone who picks up this volume.... His fascinating answers should be required reading for federal policy makers and community educators alike." Julie McGonegal, Literary Review of Canada, July-August 2023Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Clark Banack and Dionne Pohler I Rural Demographics and Diversity 1 The Demographic Context of Rural Canada: The Size of the Indigenous and Visible Minority Populations Ray D. Bollman 2 Making Diversity in Rural Areas Visible: A Changing Perspective for Rural Schools in Québec Sivane Hirsch and Corina Borri-Anadon II Understanding Rural Attitudes toward Inclusivity 3 Partisanship, Patriarchy, and Prejudice: Inclusivity among Evangelicals, Albertans, and Rural Canadians Samuel Reimer 4 Understanding Rural Attitudes toward Cultural and Religious Minorities via Political Ethnography: The Case of Rural Alberta Clark Banack 5 Driving into Nowhere: Refugee Resettlement and Integration in Rural Canada Stacey Haugen III Practical Tools for Building Inclusive Rural Communities 6 A Noisy Silence: Challenges for Rural Teacher Education Michael Corbett, Jennifer Tinkham, and Claudine Bonner 7 Promoting Understanding and Equity in Rural Canada: The Role of Community Education Michelle Lam 8 Contextual Bible Study: An Effective Practice to Promote Inclusivity in Rural Communities and Faith Groups Coleen Lynch IV A Rural Approach to Anti-racism and Settler-Indigenous Relations: Co-operation and Neighbourliness 9 Co-operative Development Possibilities in Rural Settler and Indigenous Communities: Lessons from the Co-operative Innovation Project and Co-operatives First Dionne Pohler, Jen Budney, Murray Fulton, Darcy Overland, Aasa Marshall, Trista Pewapisconias, and Kyle White 10 Inclusion on Whose Grounds? Against Liberal Essentialisms and toward Radical Neighbourliness in Rural Anti-racism Phil Henderson 11 The Work of Neighbours: A Rural Ethos for Reconciliation Roger Epp Conclusion Clark Banack and Dionne Pohler Contributors

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Book SynopsisFor many decades debates about the future of developed world agriculture policy have been dominated by a long political conflict between European/multifunctional policy regimes and the global trend towards trade liberalisation. The stalemate that had emerged between these two positions by 2000 has now been dramatically reconfigured. This book argues that there are four reasons why this area of policy has now reopened to wider debate: The World Food Crisis of 2008-2011 has signalled a potential end to the era of cheap food. The emergence of climate change as a core policy concern has shifted key targets for agricultural policy. New trends towards 'neo-productivist' agricultural policy have emerged to challenge multifunctional approaches to agriculture. New academic ideas around resilience of food chains and relevant policy interventions have challenged established approaches to achieving agricultural sustainability. Through international case studies, this book evaluates how these new policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what future lessons might be learnt from key policy experiments around neoliberalism and multifunctionality.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors. Introduction: Emerging Challenges, New Policy Frameworks and the Resilience of Agriculture. The Evolution of Western Agricultural Policy Since 1945. The Rejuvenation of Productivist Agriculture: The Case for ‘Cooperative Neo-Productivism’. Western European Approaches to and Interpretations of Multifunctional Agriculture – and Some Implications of a Possible Neo-Productivist Turn. Food Regime Crisis and Revaluing the Agrarian Question. The Food Crisis and the Changing Nature of Scottish Agricultural Policy Discourse. The Worlds of Dairy: Comparing Dairy Frameworks in Canada and New Zealand in Light of Future Shocks to Food Systems. Norwegian Dairy Industry: A Case of Super-Regulated Co-Operativism. The Complex Outcomes of Neoliberalisation in New Zealand: Productivism, Audit and the Challenge of Future Energy and Climate Shocks. Emerging Neo-Productivist Agriculture as an Approach to Food Security and Climate Change in Norway. Comparison of Bioenergy Policies in Denmark and Germany. Commodity Competition: Divergent Trajectories in New Zealand Pastoral Farming. Reframing Policy Regimes and the Future Resilience of Global Agriculture. Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes. Research in rural sociology and development. Research in rural sociology and development. Copyright page. List of Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had observed that many rural areas displayed a blend of rural and urban features. Since then, counter urbanisation, urban sprawl and ever-increasing flows of people, goods and ideas between rural and urban areas have blurred the distinctions even further. Attempts to create new rural-urban classification systems, whether based on factors such as population size, density or distances, have largely failed. Clearly, new classification systems must use the meaning of observed changes in rural-urban systems as their point of departure rather than simple measurements of these changes. These meanings can, despite the interdependencies of our global world, be explored only in their political, cultural and economic settings.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond the rural–urban divide. Chapter 1. The emerging shortage of labour in forestry in a remote coniferous region: A brake on the massive use of biofuels. Chapter 2. From suburbia to rural backwater: Exurban rural development in Germany. Chapter 3. Why did Russia fail in its agricultural reform? A comparative analysis of property rights in Russia and the Baltic countries. Chapter 4. The future of rural communities in Bulgaria. Chapter 5. Perceptions of agriculture's multifunctional role among rural Pennsylvanians. Chapter 6. Understanding the sociocultural processes that contribute to diversity and conformity among farmers in Australia, Finland and The Netherlands. Chapter 7. Rural-urban relations in livelihoods, governance and use of natural resources - Considerations of fisheries in the Finnish Archipelago Sea Region. Chapter 8. Regimes and vital coalitions in rural-urban regions in the Netherlands. Chapter 9. Overcoming jurisdictional boundaries through stakeholder engagement and collaborative governance: Lessons learned from white-tailed deer management in the U.S.. Chapter 10. Managing spatial change in the rural-urban fringe: The role of active citizenship and civil society in the Republic of Ireland. Chapter 11. Challenges of governance and land management on the exurban/wilderness frontier in the USA. Chapter 12. Knowledge integration and power relations: Pathways to sustainability in Madrid. Chapter 13. Finnish and Hungarian joint initiative in and for the Information Society: On the pleasure and pain of mediating in cyberspace. Research in rural sociology and development. Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation. Part I: Differentiation processes: Deep rural areas, periurban areas, post-socialist countrysides. Part II: Governing differentiation.

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Book SynopsisThe focus of published narrative on the great Chinese urbanization wave was always going to sharpen - away from the general fascination, assertions, theories and commentaries to specific issues and specific regions. Well here is a first class example of the next generation of urban china books, focusing on topic and city. Chengdu, a city on the foothills of the Himalayas in Western China, has enacted a bold experiment with the institutions and organizations that shape urban-rural interactions. The world, not just China, should be interested in the results as a city-region multi-level government hierarchy grapples with new models for harmonizing property rights between urban and rural areas, allocating government competencies to appropriate levels, constructing strategic infrastructure; and by these and other means, attempts to coordinate growth of urban activities into the countryside while preserving agricultural capacity. Ye and LeGates do a fine job in marshaling data and making sense of it through clear text and compelling arguments. A must read for students and researchers of urban China.'- Chris Webster, University of Hong Kong'This extraordinary case study of Chengdu, China breaks new ground in the understanding of 21st century urbanization. Its detailed coverage of critical policy changes and practice illuminates our understanding of the rapid changes and important adaptive responses that China has forged to accommodate massive demographic and economic shifts that this country and many others around the world are experiencing. Its impeccable scholarship and clear explanations make this book the key guide and authoritative reference on this topic.'- Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, USThis detailed study offers a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to China's crucial policy to coordinate urban and rural development. It describes the theoretical, political, and economic reasons why China allowed a large gap between urban and rural incomes, public services, and quality of life to emerge, and the recent national and local government efforts to narrow this inequality.The authors draw primarily on extensive field research and experience in Chengdu, China's leading pilot region for the policy. They describe and explain Chengdu's governmental, administrative, economic, political, and planning system reforms and their accomplishments in clarifying land use rights, rationalizing industrial zones, modernizing agriculture, implementing regional planning, and equalizing infrastructure and services. Coordinating urban and rural development is one of the most pressing problems facing developing countries today. This book places China's experience in context and explains what other cities in China and throughout the developing world can learn from Chengdu as they develop and urbanize.This important book will appeal to academics and policymakers interested in urban planning, economics and development in China, Asia, and elsewhere. It will undoubtedly become an indispensable resource for urbanizing countries throughout the world.Contents: Preface 1. Urban-Rural Development in an Urbanizing World 2. China's Urban-Rural Relationships and National Modernization 3. The Chengdu Model of Coordinated Urban Rural Development: Framework and Strategy 4. Governance and Public Administration Reform 5. Urban and Rural Planning and Development in Chengdu 6. Equalizing Public Services 7. Grassroots Democracy: The Foundation of Rural Modernization 8. Functional Zones and Economic Growth 9. Restructuring Land, Labor, and Capital Markets 10. Chengdu Experience's Value for China and the Challenges for its Wider Application 11. What the World Can Learn from Chengdu 12. Conclusion Appendix: Concepts and Terms Related to Coordinated Urban-Rural Development References IndexTrade Review‘This extraordinary case study of Chengdu, China breaks new ground in the understanding of 21st century urbanization. Its detailed coverage of critical policy changes and practice illuminates our understanding of the rapid changes and important adaptive responses that China has forged to accommodate massive demographic and economic shifts that this country and many others around the world are experiencing. Its impeccable scholarship and clear explanations make this book the key guide and authoritative reference on this topic.’ -- Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, US‘The new Chinese leadership announced in 2013 that “new approaches of urbanization” should be the future of China. Our experience so far has been limited to the coastal region. The collaboration between Ye Cumin, a scholar based in China with in-depth knowledge, and Richard LeGates, a researcher with extensive western experience, resulted in this fruitful publication, providing insights from Chengdu, about integrated urban–rural development. This is a fascinating story and timely contribution to urban China research.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK‘This book provides a vivid picture of the urban-rural coordinated development of Chengdu, and has important reference value for other developing regions in reducing urban–rural disparity through institutional reform.’ -- Li Tian, Tongji University‘Ye and LeGates offer a richly detailed and up-to-date study of Chengdu, China’s widely celebrated initiative to integrate urban and rural development. They build upon, but also expand, the pioneering scholarship of Terry McGee on the peri-urban phenomenon. The fate of rural areas surrounding rapidly expanding urban megacities like Chengdu is a global challenge for planners that will benefit from the critical assessment offered in this volume.’ -- Christopher Silver, University of Florida, US‘This book presents a promising progress on regional development governance based on ongoing activities in Chengdu. Coordinating urban and rural development is an overwhelming challenge faced by many countries in the world that are urbanizing. The book discusses issues that are uncommon in literature about China, such as reform, public service equity, and grassroots democracy, and is written by a leading scholar on the subject. It will enrich our knowledge about China’s development.’ -- Wilmar Salim, Institut Teknologi Bandung‘The growth of China’s cities has astounded the world, but the transformation of its countryside may prove to be even more dramatic. Ye and LeGates’s book provides the first comprehensive case study of how Chinese governance is adapting to changing relations between city and country. Their exposition of urban–rural coordinated development in the municipality of Chengdu, at the forefront of national policy innovation, is a must-read for scholars and practitioners interested in the future of China’s vast and populous city-regions.’ -- Daniel Abramson, University of Washington, US‘The focus of published narrative on the great Chinese urbanization wave was always going to sharpen – away from the general fascination, assertions, theories and commentaries to specific issues and specific regions. Well here is a first class example of the next generation of urban china books, focusing on topic and city. Chengdu, a city on the foothills of the Himalayas in Western China, has enacted a bold experiment with the institutions and organizations that shape urban-rural interactions. The world, not just China, should be interested in the results as a city-region multi-level government hierarchy grapples with new models for harmonizing property rights between urban and rural areas, allocating government competencies to appropriate levels, constructing strategic infrastructure; and by these and other means, attempts to coordinate growth of urban activities into the countryside while preserving agricultural capacity. Ye and LeGates do a fine job in marshaling data and making sense of it through clear text and compelling arguments. A must read for students and researchers of urban China.’ -- Chris Webster, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Urban–Rural Development in an Urbanizing World 2. China’s Urban–Rural Relationships and National Modernization 3. The Chengdu Model of Coordinated Urban–Rural Development: Framework and Strategy 4. Governance and Public Administration Reform 5. Urban and Rural Planning and Development in Chengdu 6. Equalizing Public Services 7. Grassroots Democracy: The Foundation of Rural Modernization 8. Functional Zones and Economic Growth 9. Restructuring Land, Labor, and Capital Markets 10. Chengdu Experience’s Value for China and the Challenges for its Wider Application 11. What the World Can Learn from Chengdu 12. Conclusion Appendix: Concepts and Terms Related to Coordinated Urban–Rural Development References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations, based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the mobilization of local social capital links.'- André Torre, INRA - Agroparistech, Paris, France''Rural' communities are not all resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people leaving in droves and no newcomers. This book's theoretical arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one understand better the diversity of 'rural'. We find population gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term 'stayers' together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social capital.'- Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US'This amazingly surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue. New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied globally from a conceptual frame and locally with examples. The way forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced around focused development objectives. Examples show how a multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural development.'- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USSocial capital is often considered a key factor for local development. This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areas' survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth - an era in which urban is the norm and where rural areas must adapt to this new situation and build innovative urban-rural relations.The traditional division between 'rural' and 'urban' is no longer valid in the knowledge society. Instead of being a homogeneous unit based on primary sector production, the countryside in the developed world increasingly consists of areas with very different development paths. With examples from Europe, Asia and America, the book discusses building and renewal of rural social capital from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives, and from the standpoint of business, and both the public and private sectors.Being the first book to treat social capital and rural development in the age of megacities and the knowledge economy, it will be of great benefit to academics interested in social capital research and rural development.Contributors: L. Dahlgren, K. Eliasson, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, S. Fölster, A. Forsberg, A. Gasior-Niemiec, T. Hatori, K. Ito, H. Jeong, K. Kobayashi, Y. Li, D. Natcher, M.R. Olfert, G. Ray, C. Waldenström, L. Westin, H. Westlund, J. ZolaTrade Review‘This book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations, based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the mobilization of local social capital links.’ -- André Torre, INRA – Agroparistech, Paris, France‘“Rural” communities are not all resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people leaving in droves and no newcomers. This book’s theoretical arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one understand better the diversity of “rural”. We find population gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term “stayers” together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social capital.’ -- Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US‘This amazingly surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue. New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied globally from a conceptual frame and locally with examples. The way forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced around focused development objectives. Examples show how a multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural development.’ -- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, US‘Overall, Westlund and Kobayashi must be congratulated for this excellent contribution highlighting development opportunities but also serious issues, and particularly the role of SC – one of the major assets of rural areas in the globalizing world. This book de?nitely provides many fresh ideas for academics as well as rural development practitioners.’ -- European Journal of Development ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Social Capital and Sustainable Urban–Rural Relationships in the Global Knowledge Society Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi PART I: NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL 2. Forest Governance and Social Capital: Structures and Functions Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hatori and Hayeong Jeong 3. Joint Facilities, Improvement Districts, Clubs and Commons: Towards a Taxonomy of Institutionalised Social Capital Lars Westin and Johanna Zola 4. Foundations of Collective Action: Towards a General Theory Gautam Ray PART II: ANALYSES OF EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 5. Does Social Capital Contribute to Regional Economic Growth? Swedish Experiences Kent Eliasson, Hans Westlund and Stefan Fölster 6. Changes in Social Capital and Community Functions in Depopulated Areas from Case Studies of 12 Communities in the San’in District Katsuhisa Ito 7. Social Capital in Rural Poland: Between Tradition and Social Engineering Anna Gąsior-Niemiec 8. Social Capital and Economic Growth in China’s Provinces Yuheng Li and Hans Westlund PART III: PROBLEMS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL POLICIES 9. Social Capital and Place-based Policy: Aboriginal Communities in Canada M. Rose Olfert and David Natcher 10. What Can Local Policies Do? An Activity Theory Analysis of Municipal Support to Local Innovations Cecilia Waldenström 11. Local Responses to Structural Changes: Collective Action for Rural Communities in Sweden Anette Forsberg 12. Collective Actors as Driving Forces for Mobilizing Social Capital in a Local Community: What Can be Learned for Health Promotion? Malin Eriksson, Lars Dahlgren and Maria Emmelin 13. Social Capital for Sustainable Rural Regions: The Roles of Voluntary Association-Mediated Public Service Hayeong Jeong, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Hans Westlund Index

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Book SynopsisThe importance of community-based and participatory approaches to rural development in developing countries has long been emphasized. Local Societies and Rural Development demonstrates how rural people, who are economically and politically weak as individuals, can only participate in development projects when they are collectively organized. With the input of expert collaborators in the field, this book identifies the local social mechanisms that motivate and control people's self-organizing activities.Through their use of typology and case studies the contributors identify the mechanisms through which rural people can best organize themselves to meet their development requirements. With the understanding that social context matters, the authors propose a method that both researchers and practitioners of rural society can apply to their work.Providing a unique and enlightening perspective on rural development, this book will be of value to academics interested in development, regional and rural studies, particularly those who are interested in researching collective action in community-based societies. It will also appeal to practitioners in the field including planners and front-line workers.Contributors: A. Hayama, M. Iwai, I. Okamoto, S. Shigetomi, M. Shimagami, A. Venkateswarlu, N. YamadaTable of ContentsContents: List of Contributors Preface 1. Local Societies and Rural People’s Self-organizing Activities: An analytical framework Shinichi Shigetomi and Ikuko Okamoto PART I LOCALITY GROUPS AND HOST ORGANIZATIONS IN LOCAL SOCIETY 2. Composition of Locality Groups as the Basis for Local Social Systems: A Case of Rural Thailand Shinichi Shigetomi 3. Rural Development in Multi-layered Local System: A Case of Poverty Reduction Program in Central Vietnam Misaki Iwai 4. Organizing Community Forestry in Rural Myanmar: Capability and Functions of Villages Ikuko Okamoto PART II LOCAL SOCIETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS 5. Organizational Responses of Local Societies in Regional Diversity: Case Study of a Microfinance Project in Rural Indonesia Motoko Shimagami 6. Forms of Collective Actions in a Dyadically Woven Local Society: Case of the Philippines Atsuko Hayama 7. Common Fund Procurement through Rent Collection: A Form of Collective Action for Public Works and Public Services in Indian Villages Akina Venkateswarlu and Shinichi Shigetomi 8. Communal Resource Driven Rural Development: The Salient Feature of Organizational Activities in Chinese Villages Nanae Yamada PART III CONCLUSION 9. Propositions for Understanding Local Society Shinichi Shigetomi Index

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Book SynopsisSettlements at the Edge examines the evolution, characteristics, functions and shifting economic basis of settlements in sparsely populated areas of developed nations. With a focus on demographic change, the book features theoretical and applied cases, which explore the interface between demography, economy, wellbeing and the environment. This book offers a comprehensive and insightful knowledge base for understanding the role of population in shaping the development and histories of northern sparsely populated areas of developed nations including Alaska (USA), Australia, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland and other nations with territories within the Arctic Circle.In the past, many remote settlements were important bases for opening up vast areas for resource extraction, working as strategic centers and as national representations of the conquering of frontiers. With increased contemporary interest from governments, policy makers, multinational companies and other stakeholders, this book explores the importance of understanding relationships between settlement populations and the economy at the local level. It features international and expert contributors who present insightful case studies on the role of human geography, primarily population issues, in shaping the past, present and future of settlements in remote areas. They also provide analysis on opportunities and challenges for northern settlements and the effects of climate change, resource futures, and tourism. A chapter on the issues of populating future space settlements highlights that many issues for settlement change and functions in isolated and remote spatial realms are universal. This book will appeal to those interested in the past, present and future importance of settlements 'at the edge' of developed nations as well as those working in policy and program contexts. College students enrolled in courses such as demography, population studies, human studies, regional development, social policy and/or economics will find value in this book as well.Contributors include: P. Berggren, D. Bird, O.J. Borch, A. Boyle, H. Brokensha, F. Brouard, D. Carson, D. Carson, T. Carter, B. Charters, J. Cleary, J. Cokley, S. de la Barre, W. Edwards, S. Eikeland, M. Eimermann, P.C. Ensign, J. Garrett, G. Gísladóttir, K. Golebiowska, J. Guenther, P. Hanrick, L. Harbo, S. Harwood, P. Heinrich, L. Huskey, G. Jóhannesdóttir, I. Kelman, A. Koch, N. Krasnoshtanova, V. Kuklina, J. Lovell, R. Marjavaara, M. McAuliffe, R. McLeman, J.J. McMurtry, T. Nilsen, L.M. Nilsson, P. Peters, A. Petrov, G. Pétursdóttir, B. Prideaux, W. Rankin, J. Roto, J. Salmon, G. Saxinger, A. Schoo, P. Sköld, A. Taylor, M. Thompson, P. Timony, A. Vuin, M. Warg Næss, E. Wenghofer, E. Wensing, D.R. White, D ZoellnerTrade Review'This book is truly international in relevance and its authorship - with over 50 authors from at least 10 different countries. The topics covered are wide-ranging yet comprehensive and unified by an interesting descriptive theory (the 8 D's of Beyond Periphery). The book's contents, and the 8D's theory in particular, should be essential reading and provide rich food for thought (and possibly debate) for anyone researching the demographics or economics of remote communities, or more generally anyone grappling with the complexities of trying to contribute to sustainable futures for these communities.' --Anthony Barnes, Charles Darwin University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Tomas Mörtsell Preface PART I SETTLEMENT HISTORIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS 1 Introduction: settlements at the edge Andrew Taylor 2 The dynamic history of government settlements at the edge Lee Huskey and Andrew Taylor 3 Boom back or blow back? Growth strategies in mono-industrial resource towns – ‘east’ and ‘west’ Gertrude Saxinger, Andrey Petrov, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Vera Kuklina and Doris A. Carson 4 International migration and the changing nature of settlements at the edge Kate Golebiowska, Tom Carter, Alicia Boyle and Andrew Taylor 5 Gender matters: the importance of gender to settlements at the edge of the Nordic Arctic Lisbeth Harbo and Johanna Roto 6 Place-based planning in remote regions: Cape York Peninsula, Australia and Nunavut, Canada Sharon Harwood, Ed Wensing and Prescott C. Ensign PART II UNDERSTANDING SETTLEMENT POPULATIONS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS 7 Sources of data for settlement level analyses in sparsely populated areas Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Huw Brokensha 8 New mobilities – new economies? Temporary populations and local innovation capacity in sparsely populated areas Doris A. Carson, Jen Cleary, Suzanne de la Barre, Marco Eimermann and Roger Marjavaara 9 Land rights and their influence on settlement patterns Jan Salmon and Wayne Edwards 10 Re-evolution of growth pole settlements in northern peripheries? Reflecting the emergence of an LNG hub in Northern Australia with experiences from Northern Norway Sveinung Eikeland, Trond Nilsen and Andrew Taylor 11 Contemporary Aboriginal settlements: understanding mixed-market approaches Judith Lovell, Don Zoellner, John Guenther, François Brouard and J.J. McMurtry 12 Modelling settlement futures: techniques and challenges Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Andreas Koch PART III FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR SETTLEMENTS AT THE EDGE 13 Climate change and settlement level impacts Deanne Bird, Robert McLeman, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Ilan Kelman, Marius Warg Næss and Gurun Jóhannesdóttir 14 Recruitment and retention of professional labour: the health workforce at settlement level Dean B. Carson, Elizabeth Wenghofer, Patrick Timony, Adrian Schoo, Peter Berggren and Brian Charters 15 Renewing and re-invigorating settlements: a role for tourism? Bruce Prideaux, Michelle Thompson and Sharon Harwood 16 The local demography of resource economies: long-term implications of natural resource industries for demographic development in sparsely populated areas Dean B. Carson, Peter Sköld, Doris A. Carson and Lena Maria Nilsson 17 Entrepreneurship and innovation at the edge: creating inducements for people and place Prescott C. Ensign and Odd Jarl Borch 18 The ultimate edge: the case for planning media for sustaining space communities John Cokley, William Rankin, Marisha McAuliffe, Pauline Heinrich and Phillipa Hanrick 19 Conclusion Dean B. Carson Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a must read for those interested in the role cooperatives play in fostering local rural development and alleviating rural poverty. Through conceptual pieces, case studies, essays and empirical work, the papers in this volume illustrate the complex challenges facing cooperatives as they attempt to address market failures, remain cost competitive vis-à-vis transnational agribusinesses, adopt good internal governance practices, navigate the political challenges in their local environments and adapt to and influence the institutional environment in which they operate.'- Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaAgricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external challenges that these complex organizations face and the solutions that they have developed.The contributors provide an increased understanding of the transformation of traditional community organizations into modern farmer-owned businesses. They cover issues including: the impact on rural development and inclusiveness, the role of social capital, formal versus informal organizations, democratic participation and member relations, and their role in value chains.Students and scholars will find the book's multidisciplinary approach useful in their research. It will also be of interest to policy-makers seeking to understand the wide diversity of organizational forms and functions. NGOs, donors and governments seeking to support rural developments will benefit from the discussions raised in this book.Contributors: J. Bijman, K. Blokland, M.L. Cook, J. Duncan, A.Groot Kormelinck, M. Hanisch, J. Hellin, G. Hendrikse, Y. Hu, X. Jia, B. Losch, R. Muradian, G. Muricho, D.J. O'Brien, S. Pascucci, D. Pesche, C. Plaisier, R. Ruben, J. Schuurman, B. Shiferaw, S. Singh, K. WedigTrade Review‘This work presents a most useful source of information that -- is likely to be of value to both scholars and policymakers, aswell as those who are actively involved in constructing farmerorganisations.’David Skydmore, Food Security‘This book is a must read for those interested in the role cooperatives play in fostering local rural development and alleviating rural poverty. Through conceptual pieces, case studies, essays and empirical work, the papers in this volume illustrate the complex challenges facing cooperatives as they attempt to address market failures, remain cost competitive vis-à-vis transnational agribusinesses, adopt good internal governance practices, navigate the political challenges in their local environments and adapt to and influence the institutional environment in which they operate.’ -- Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘This book is a valuable reference for any practitioner, policy maker, researcher or student interested in the links between farmers’ organisations and rural development. The book is well written and contributes to a better understanding of farmers’ collective actions in developing and emerging economies. It also provides a strong foundation for further studies to bridge the knowledge gap between farmers’ organisations in developed and developing countries.’ -- Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the Book Jos Bijman PART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West Africa Denis Pesche and Bruno Losch 3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch 4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal Singh PART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL 5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer Organizations Bekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho 6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Annemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben 7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee Cooperatives Karin Wedig 8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in India Stefano Pascucci and Jessica Duncan PART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS 9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in China Xiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse 10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities David J. O’Brien and Michael L. Cook PART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership Benefits Kees Blokland and Jur Schuurman 12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further Research Jos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur Schuurman Index

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Book SynopsisDuring modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. Signs of a new position are the awakened interest in the nature, the authentic and the simple way of living among an urban, academically educated middle class, an actual instance of which is the interest in local food but which also is manifested in rural gentrification. However, a more hardcore turn to nature is also discernible in the renewed interest for green lungs and for eco-services more broadly. In the future, local post-fossil energy may be a main concern regarding rural eco-services utilised by urban areas. We can here imagine flows and exchanges that may demand heavy societal regulation and thus be one of the main objects of future democracy. However, despite these developments urban (and rural) policy and planning is still tightly connected to the modern expansion of the urban into the rural. There are signs of new developments and paradigm shifts but these have to be strengthened to lay the ground for rural-urban resilience.Trade ReviewWhile most of the contributors (and case studies) of this book are from Finland, some are from other European countries. They examine rural-urban relations form perspectives including rural studies, urban sociology, regional science, urban design, environmental policy, demography, geography, and political science. Major themes are urban sprawl, rurbanization, governance, and finding a balance in rural and urban relations. Some specific topics include rural gentrification and social sustainability, regional spatial planning and governance, urban food strategies, and rural-urban dynamics and the Swedish-speaking Finns. B&w maps and charts are included. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *Table of Contents1. Introduction - Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjo¨Blom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrstro¨M and Terry Marsden PART I: URBAN SPRAWL 2. Neither Urban nor Rural: Urban Growth, Economic Functions and the Use of Land in the Mediterranean Fringe - Luca Salvati 3. The Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Swedish-Speaking Finns. Challenges and Opportunities for a Regionally Based Ethnic Group - Kjell Andersson, Kenneth Nordberg and Erland Eklund PART II: RURBANISATION 4. Long Wave of Rural Research from Combating Poverty to Sustaining Ecosystems - Leo Granberg 5. Relations and Areas of Interaction Between Landowners in a Peri-Urban Area - Ann-Sofie Richardt 6. Transformation and Survival Strategy - Rural Gentrification and Social Sustainability in Gentrified Metropolitan and Urban Ruralities, the Case of Sundom, Vaasa, Finland - Peter Ehrstrom PART III: GOVERNANCE 7. Envisioning Opportunities for Agriculture in Peri-Urban Areas - Elke Rogge, Eva Kerselaers and Charlotte Prove 8. Programme- and Project-Based Metropolitan Governance and Citizen Participation: a Case Study from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area - Kanerva Kuokkanen 9. The Prospects for Bridging Spatial and Institutional Divides Within Regions: Rural-Urban Relationships in a Projectified Governance Context - Stefan Sjoblom and Kjell Andersson 10. Regional Spatial Planning, Government and Governance as Recipe for Sustainable Development? - Andrea Frank and Terry Marsden PART IV: METABOLISM 11. Exploring Innovation and Sustainability in the Metropolitan Rural Areas of Budapest and Paris - Bernadett Csurgo, Imre Kovach and Nicole Mathieu 12. Urban Food Strategies. Exploring Definitions and Diffusion of European Cities’ Latest Policy Trend - Agnese Cretella 13. Conclusion - Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjoblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrstrom and Terry Marsden

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, globalization has transformed rural societies and economies across the world. Much has been written by social scientists about the actors and structures underpinning these transformations and the effects on particular social groups, organizations and industries. Yet, to date much less attention has been given to the specific global processes that are fundamental to contemporary rural change. Rural Change and Global Processes provides a systematic analysis of the key global processes transforming rural spaces in the early 21st century – financialization; standardization; consumption, and commodification. Through detailed case studies, the book examines why these processes are important, how they work in practice, and the challenges they raise as well as opportunities created. The book will be of particular relevance to researchers, graduate students, and policy-makers interested in the implications of global processes for rural people and livelihoods.Trade ReviewSelected from presentations to an August 2012 rural sociology conference in Lisbon, 15 papers look at financialization, standardization, and commodification and consumption. Among their topics are impacts of financialization on agricultural and rural investment: lessons from the Portuguese case, creating actionable knowledge for sustainability: a case of standards in the making, a blot on the landscape: consensus and controversies on wind farms in rural Portugal, consuming rural connections: tracking leeks back to their roots, return to the land: decommodification of local foods in South Italy, and nutrition and the Mediterranean diet: a historical and sociological analysis of the concept "healthy diet" in Spanish society. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroductionSection I: Financialization Chapter 1 The Financialization of Farming: The Hancock Company of Canada and Its Embedding in Rural Australia; Sarah Ruth Sippel, Geoffrey Lawrence and David Burch Chapter 2 Impacts of financialization on agricultural and rural investment: lessons from the Portuguese case; Manuel Belo Moreira Chapter 3 The Chicken Game – organization and integration in the Norwegian agri-food sector; Hilde Bjørkhaug, Jostein Vik and Carol Richards Chapter 4 Re-Ordering the Rural? Canada, Dairy Supply Management and the Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations; Bruce Muirheads Section 2: Standardization Chapter 5 Standards and Their Problems: From Technical Specifications to World-Making; Lawrence Busch Chapter 6 Creating Actionable Knowledge for Sustainability: A Case of 'Standards in the Making'; Allison Loconto and Marc Barbier Chapter 7 Legitimation and De-legitimation in Non-State Governance: LEO-4000 and Sustainable Agriculture in the United States; Maki Hatanaka and Jason Konefal Chapter 8 Farmers' Freedom in the Productive World Order: Standard Takers, Contesters and Negotiators or Dissenters?; Minna Mikkola Section 3: Commodification and Consumption Chapter 9 A blot on the landscape: consensus and controversies on wind farms in rural Portugal; Ana Delicado, Mónica Truninger, Elisabete Figueiredo, Luís Silva, Ana Horta Chapter 10 Changing the olive oil's value chain: Food regime and development in Portugal; Dulce Freire Chapter 11 Consuming Rural Connections: Tracing Leeks back to their roots; Moya Kneafsey, Laura Venn, Elizabeth Bos Chapter 12 Consuming Animals, constructing naturalness; Mara Miele Chapter 13 Return to the land. De-commodification of local foods in South Italy.; Annamaria Vitale and Sílvia Sivini Chapter 14 Nutrition and the Mediterranean diet. A historical and sociological analysis of the concept of a "healthy diet" in Spanish society; Cecilia Díaz-Méndez and Cristobal Gómez-Benito Chapter 15 School meals and the rural idyll: children's engagements with animals, plants and other nature; Monica Truninger and Ana Horta

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading academics and practitioners in the field, Smart Villages in the EU and Beyond offers a detailed insight into issues and developments that shape the debate on smart villages, together with concepts, developments and policymaking initiatives including the EU Action for Smart Villages. This book derives from the realization that the implications of the increasing depopulation of rural areas across the EU is a pending disaster. This edited collection establishes a framework for action today, which will lead to sustainable revitalization of rural areas tomorrow. Using country-specific case studies, the chapters examine how integrated and ICT-conscious strategies and policy actions focused on wellbeing, sustainability and solidarity could provide a long-term solution in the revitalization of villages across the EU and elsewhere. Best practices pertinent to precision farming, energy diversification, tourism, entrepreneurship are discussed in detail. As an in-depth exploration of the Smart Village on a multinational scale, this book will serve as an indispensable resource for students, researchers and policy leaders in the fields of politics, strategic management and urban and rural studies.Trade ReviewThrough 12 essays and case studies, engineering and other specialists from universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and institutions in Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Korea discuss smart villages in rural areas in the European Union and elsewhere, focusing on the issues of the village as an ecosystem, microcosm, community, and people; the value added by information and communication technology; and the application of effective policymaking. They examine various issues related to the debate on smart villages, including the concept and its evolution in the European Union, its application, and implications at the local level and for rural development; policymaking actions and strategies, including a sustainable development model based on resilience, the role of LEADER (Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Économie Rurale) in smart villages, and precision agriculture; issue and policy areas like energy diversification and self-sustainable smart villages and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises; and case studies of Slovenia, South Korea, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Smart Villages: Relevance, Approaches, Policymaking Implications Chapter 2. Integrated Approach to the Sustainable EU Smart Villages Policies; Gyorgy Mudri and Christiane Kirketerp Chapter 3. Smart Villages Revisited: Conceptual Background and New Challenges on the Local Level; Oskar Wolski and Marcin Wójcik Chapter 4. Towards a new sustainable development model for Smart Villages; Raquel Pérez-del Hoyo and Higinio Mora Chapter 5. The role of LEADER in smart villages: An opportunity to reconnect with rural communities; Enrique Nieto and Pedro Brosei Chapter 6. Precision Agriculture and The Smart Village Concept; Daniel Azevedo Chapter 7. Energy diversification and self-sustainable smart villages; James K. R. Watson Chapter 8. The Role of Smart and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Smart Villages Concept; Szanyi-Gyenes Xenia Chapter 9. Smart Villages in Slovenia: Examples of Good Pilot Practices; Veronika Zavratnik, Andrej Kos and Emilija Stojmenova Duh Chapter 10. Smart Village Projects in Korea: Rural Tourism, 6th Industrialization, and Smart Farming; Jonghoon Park and Seongwoo Lee Chapter 11. Smart villages and the GCC Countries: Policies, strategies, and implications; Tayeb Brahimi and Benaouda Bensaid Chapter 12. Conclusions: Smart Villages: Mapping the Emerging Field and Setting the Course of Action; Miltiadis D. Lytras, Anna Visvizi and Gyorgy Mudri

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading academics and practitioners in the field, Smart Villages in the EU and Beyond offers a detailed insight into issues and developments that shape the debate on smart villages, together with concepts, developments and policymaking initiatives including the EU Action for Smart Villages. This book derives from the realization that the implications of the increasing depopulation of rural areas across the EU is a pending disaster. This edited collection establishes a framework for action today, which will lead to sustainable revitalization of rural areas tomorrow. Using country-specific case studies, the chapters examine how integrated and ICT-conscious strategies and policy actions focused on wellbeing, sustainability and solidarity could provide a long-term solution in the revitalization of villages across the EU and elsewhere. Best practices pertinent to precision farming, energy diversification, tourism, entrepreneurship are discussed in detail. As an in-depth exploration of the Smart Village on a multinational scale, this book will serve as an indispensable resource for students, researchers and policy leaders in the fields of politics, strategic management and urban and rural studies.Trade ReviewThrough 12 essays and case studies, engineering and other specialists from universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and institutions in Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Korea discuss smart villages in rural areas in the European Union and elsewhere, focusing on the issues of the village as an ecosystem, microcosm, community, and people; the value added by information and communication technology; and the application of effective policymaking. They examine various issues related to the debate on smart villages, including the concept and its evolution in the European Union, its application, and implications at the local level and for rural development; policymaking actions and strategies, including a sustainable development model based on resilience, the role of LEADER (Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Économie Rurale) in smart villages, and precision agriculture; issue and policy areas like energy diversification and self-sustainable smart villages and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises; and case studies of Slovenia, South Korea, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Smart Villages: Relevance, Approaches, Policymaking Implications Chapter 2. Integrated Approach to the Sustainable EU Smart Villages Policies; Gyorgy Mudri and Christiane Kirketerp Chapter 3. Smart Villages Revisited: Conceptual Background and New Challenges on the Local Level; Oskar Wolski and Marcin Wójcik Chapter 4. Towards a new sustainable development model for Smart Villages; Raquel Pérez-del Hoyo and Higinio Mora Chapter 5. The role of LEADER in smart villages: An opportunity to reconnect with rural communities; Enrique Nieto and Pedro Brosei Chapter 6. Precision Agriculture and The Smart Village Concept; Daniel Azevedo Chapter 7. Energy diversification and self-sustainable smart villages; James K. R. Watson Chapter 8. The Role of Smart and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Smart Villages Concept; Szanyi-Gyenes Xenia Chapter 9. Smart Villages in Slovenia: Examples of Good Pilot Practices; Veronika Zavratnik, Andrej Kos and Emilija Stojmenova Duh Chapter 10. Smart Village Projects in Korea: Rural Tourism, 6th Industrialization, and Smart Farming; Jonghoon Park and Seongwoo Lee Chapter 11. Smart villages and the GCC Countries: Policies, strategies, and implications; Tayeb Brahimi and Benaouda Bensaid Chapter 12. Conclusions: Smart Villages: Mapping the Emerging Field and Setting the Course of Action; Miltiadis D. Lytras, Anna Visvizi and Gyorgy Mudri

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Book SynopsisOver the last four decades, China has witnessed dramatic economic growth, transforming into an economic powerhouse with considerable consequences for its rural regions. In this timely book, Guy M. Robinson adeptly navigates the principal elements, key events and significant changes of the transformation of China’s countryside.Chapters assess economic, social, and environmental aspects of China’s rural transformation, examining the central role of the Chinese Communist Party and government policies in shaping this change. Offering an interdisciplinary perspective, Robinson comprehensively explores the key events in the transition from a rural peasant society to a countryside that is a complex mosaic of ‘hollowed’ villages, ‘desakota’ peri-urban fringes, farming landscapes, tourist attractions, new villages, ‘left behind’ children and elderly, wholesale rural poverty alleviation, and degraded and newly restored ecosystems.This book will prove to be an essential read for academics and students of geopolitics, human geography, environmental studies, economics and finance, and development studies focusing on China. It will also be an invigorating read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese and Asian studies.Trade Review‘This book offers an impressive and very insightful overview of China’s rural development policies since the 1980s and their outcomes. Guy M. Robinson tackles issues ranging from poverty alleviation, ecological restoration programs and the rise of cooperatives to land consolidation and agricultural modernization. He does not shy away from contentious issues like China’s one-child policy, forced resettlement policies, and rural development policies in western China’s ethnically and culturally diverse regions. A must-read for anyone interested in gaining an objective, science-based view of China’s rural transformation.’ -- Nico Heerink, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands‘Informed by half a century of research on rural and environmental dynamics and an extensive review of writings by Chinese scholars, Guy M. Robinson provides an accessible and comprehensive survey of China's multifaceted and uneven rural-urban, and accompanying agrarian, demographic and social transitions. Along the way, Transforming Rural China is also a valuable guide to further reading on an array of topics, from China's ecological discourses to regional development and rural tourism.’ -- James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore‘Professor Robinson gives us a unique and clear perspective on China’s rural transformation. He began with the guidance of a Cambridge-trained teacher who shared much of the Western bias towards China. Eventually, through his own endeavours, the collaboration of his Chinese students and friends, and numerous visits to China, he developed an understanding of rural China that most Westerners still do not comprehend, which he shares in this book.’ -- Helen Bao, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Approaches to rural transformation 2 Peasants no more? Social change in the countryside 3 Rural–urban migration and ‘hollowed’ villages 4 Desakota landscapes 5 From collectives to co-operatives 6 Modernising agriculture 7 Rural tourism and rediscovering rural heritage 8 Towards the ecological civilisation: conservation and afforestation 9 Building the rural future and alleviating rural poverty 10 Way out west: managing China’s ‘colonial’ frontier 11 Whither rural China? References

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Book Synopsis Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa, based on long-term field research, that vividly illustrate the struggles and strategies of those who face dispossession and also discredit ideological false modernist tropes like ‘backwardness’ and ‘primitiveness’.Trade Review “The chapter case studies significantly expand data on specific locales within Ethiopia where rangeland, river basins, and forests vital to pastoralists are being developed by both Ethiopian and international interests…Recommended.” • Choice “Explains clearly how changes in pastoral and agro-pastoral land use/lease in East Africa lead to environmental degradation and depletion of resources… a very important book.” • Taddesse Berisso, Addis Ababa University “The overall volume is highly coherent, well integrated, ethnographically convincing as well as written with technical clarity and sober positioning …no comparable material exists in scope and focus.” • Felix Girke, University of KonstanzTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Futuremaking with Pastoralists Echi Christina Gabbert Part I: Setting the Context: Modernity and Citizenship in Pastoral Areas Chapter 1. Modern Mobility in East Africa: Pastoral Responses to Rangeland Fragmentation, Enclosure and Settlement John G. Galaty Chapter 2. Unequal Citizenship and One-Sided Communication: Anthropological Perspectives on Collective Identification in the Context of Large-Scale Land Transfers in Ethiopia Günther Schlee Chapter 3. Global Trade, Local Realities: Why African States Undervalue Pastoralism Peter D. Little Part II: Contested Identities and Territories: A History of Expropriation Chapter 4. Modes of Dispossession of Indigenous Lands and Territories in Africa Elifuraha I. Laltaika and Kelly M. Askew Chapter 5. Land and the State in Ethiopia John Markakis Chapter 6. Persistent Expropriation of Pastoral Lands: The Afar Case Maknun Ashami and Jean Lydall Part III: Power, Politics and Reactions to State-Building Chapter 7. Anatomy of a White Elephant: Investment Failure and Land Conflicts on Ethiopia’s Oromia–Somali Frontier Jonah Wedekind Chapter 8. From Cattle Herding to Charcoal Burning: Land Expropriation, State Consolidation and Livelihood Changes in Abaya Valley, Southern Ethiopia Asebe Regassa Chapter 9. Villagization in Ethiopia’s Lowlands: Development vs. Facilitating Control and Dispossession Fana Gebresenbet Part IV: Underdeveloping South Omo Chapter 10. ‘Breaking Every Rule in the Book’: The Story of River Basin Development in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley David Turton Chapter 11. State-Building in the Ethiopian South-Western Lowlands: Experiencing the Brunt of State Power in Mela Lucie Buffavand Chapter 12. Customary Land Use and Local Consent Practices in Mun (Mursi): A New Call for Meaningful FPIC Standards in Southern Ethiopia Shauna LaTosky Chapter 13. Ethiopia’s ‘Blue Oil’? Hydropower, Irrigation and Development in the Omo-Turkana Basin Edward G.J. Stevenson and Benedikt Kamski Conclusion: Pastoralists for Future Echi Christina Gabbert, Fana Gebresenbet and Jonah Wedekind Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisSmall farms represent important components of food systems and rural areas, as sources of occupation and livelihood, factors of socio-economic diversity, cradles of grass-roots innovation and experimentation. Their capacity to adapt and to contribute positively to societal challenges depends on the strategies they can develop and their ability to innovate. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the determinants, dynamics and outcomes of rural and agricultural change processes, with a special focus on the role of small and family farming. Covering both the system and the farm level of analysis, the authors offer a comprehensive view of approaches and models capable to grasp different complementary aspects of the development trajectories followed by farms, food systems and territories facing multi-dimensional drivers of change and exposed to a range of vulnerability factors. The emerging characters and roles of innovation networks and social learning, as well as the decision-making processes at the farm level are explored in particular depth, with attention to the multi-dimensional societal expectations vis-à-vis agriculture, small farms and rural areas, with specific attention to food and nutrition security concerns.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Small farming and the food system; Stefano Grando, Gianluca Brunori, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Lee-Ann Sutherland; Chapter 2. Small farming and food and nutrition security; Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Stefano Grando, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino; Chapter 3. Unpacking food systems; Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino;Chapter 4. The vulnerability of food systems; Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino; Chapter 5. Food systems as assemblages; Gianluca Brunori,Francesca Galli, Stefano Grando; Chapter 6. Small farms' behavior: conditions, strategies,performances; Stefano Grando, Fabio Bartolini, Isabelle Bonjean, Gianluca Brunori, Erik Mathijs, Paolo Prosperi, Daniele Vergamini; Chapter 7. Small farms and innovation; Gianluca Brunori, Jet Proost, Sigrid Rand; Chapter 8. Innovation policies for sustainable, resilient, food secure systems; Gianluca Brunori, Jet Proost, Sigrid Rand

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Book SynopsisThis book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenges and difficulties of managing nature-based tourism resources. A central theme throughout the book is the degree of opportunity that nature-based tourism provides as the basis for peripheral region development.Trade ReviewThe book makes a major contribution to developing understanding of the potential scope for tourism development in social and economic growth. This is a very good book that deserves to be widely used in tertiary level tourism courses. * Jim Walmsley, University of New England in Journal of Sustainable Tourism 13:6 *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Nature-based Tourism and Regional Development in Peripheral Areas – C. Michael Hall & Stephen Boyd Section One: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-Polar Environments 2. Ecotourism and the Resource Hinterland in Northern Ontario - Margaret Johnston & Robert Payne 3. Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-Based Tourism in Northern Finland - Jarkko Saarinen 4. Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience Within South Island, New Zealand - Nicholas J Westwood & Stephen W Boyd 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Rainforests - Warwick Frost 6. Destination Image: Victorian Mountain Parks and Resorts in the Summer - Roslyn Russell & Philippa Thomas 7. Winter Tourism in Protected Pleasure Peripheries: Time-Space Use Among Cross-Country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercor (France) - Ludovic Dupuis & Dieter K. Müller 8. The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country - Ghazali Musa 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range - Dieter K. Müller Section Two: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments 10. Pest or Precious Tourism Commodity? The Economic Value of White-Tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island / Rakiura - Brent Lovelock & Kevin Robinson 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy - Filipo Tokalau 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-Cost Tourism - Regina Scheyvens 13: Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa - Dorothy Queiros & G.D.H. Wilson 14: Penguins as Sights - Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation - Eric J. Shelton & Hildegard Lubcke 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What are the Impacts and How Should the Industry be Managed? - Mark Orams 16. The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins - David Lusseau Section Three: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional Development? 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development - Brian Wheeler 18. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive - Stephen Boyd and C. Michael Hall

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Book SynopsisThis book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenges and difficulties of managing nature-based tourism resources. A central theme throughout the book is the degree of opportunity that nature-based tourism provides as the basis for peripheral region development.Trade ReviewThe book makes a major contribution to developing understanding of the potential scope for tourism development in social and economic growth. This is a very good book that deserves to be widely used in tertiary level tourism courses. * Jim Walmsley, University of New England in Journal of Sustainable Tourism 13:6 *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Nature-based Tourism and Regional Development in Peripheral Areas – C. Michael Hall & Stephen Boyd Section One: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-Polar Environments 2. Ecotourism and the Resource Hinterland in Northern Ontario - Margaret Johnston & Robert Payne 3. Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-Based Tourism in Northern Finland - Jarkko Saarinen 4. Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience Within South Island, New Zealand - Nicholas J Westwood & Stephen W Boyd 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Rainforests - Warwick Frost 6. Destination Image: Victorian Mountain Parks and Resorts in the Summer - Roslyn Russell & Philippa Thomas 7. Winter Tourism in Protected Pleasure Peripheries: Time-Space Use Among Cross-Country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercor (France) - Ludovic Dupuis & Dieter K. Müller 8. The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country - Ghazali Musa 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range - Dieter K. Müller Section Two: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments 10. Pest or Precious Tourism Commodity? The Economic Value of White-Tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island / Rakiura - Brent Lovelock & Kevin Robinson 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy - Filipo Tokalau 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-Cost Tourism - Regina Scheyvens 13: Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa - Dorothy Queiros & G.D.H. Wilson 14: Penguins as Sights - Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation - Eric J. Shelton & Hildegard Lubcke 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What are the Impacts and How Should the Industry be Managed? - Mark Orams 16. The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins - David Lusseau Section Three: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional Development? 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development - Brian Wheeler 18. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive - Stephen Boyd and C. Michael Hall

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Book SynopsisRural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over, but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns are reshaping leisure behaviour and travel. For those concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming increasingly provocative discourses for study. This book links changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper, more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism development.Trade ReviewThis well-written book strikes a right balance between theory and practice, using case studies from rural communities which the authors have thoroughly researched. The book is methodically structured, with a progressive stance, and following a political economy approach of rural tourism, the recurring theme being power relationships and the effects of globalisation on rural communities. * Antonis Petropoulos, ecoclub.com *This well written, illustrated, argued and structured book raises a wide range of pertinent questions concerning the relationships between rural tourism and wider processes of tourism development, rural development, community relationships, commodification, culture change, public policy, globalization and the actual processes of rural tourism research and practice. This work is a welcome addition to the existing literature. * Derek Hall, Maidens, Scotland, Tourism Recreation Research 35:3, 2010 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to Rural Tourism Development Chapter 2 Political Economy of Rural Tourism Development in Canada Chapter 3 The Case of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Chapter 4 The Case of Port Stanley, Ontario Chapter 5 The Case of Vulcan, Alberta Chapter 6 The Case of Canso, Nova Scotia Chapter 7 Synopsis - From Case Studies to Premises Chapter 8 The Complex Role of Culture in Rural Tourism Chapter 9 Changing the Rural Landscape Chapter 10 Notions of Community Chapter 11 Sustainability and Rural Community and Sustainable Rural Tourism Chapter 12 The Role of Public Policy Chapter 13 Presenting a Process for Planning that Engages Community Chapter 14 The Way Forward: Re-thinking Rural Tourism Research and Practice

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