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Title Towards sustainable rural regions in Europe : exploring inter-relationships between rural policies, farming, environment, demographics, regional economies and quality of life using system dynamics / edited by John M. Bryden [and others]
Published New York : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in development and society
Routledge studies in development and society.
Contents 1. A new approach to multifunctionality, sustainable rural development, and analysis of policy outcomes / John M. Bryden [and others] -- 2. Exploring inter-relationships between the multiple functions of farming, the development of rural regions, and policies : theory and methodology / John M. Bryden [and others] -- 3. Overview of the regions studied : a context analysis / Karen Refsgaard, Arild Spiss²y and Attila Jambor -- 4. Multifunctionality in agriculture and rural development : an empircal analysis based on survey data from eleven European regions / Karlheinz Knickel, Kerstin Lehmann and Melanie Kroeger -- 5. Developing and adapting the POMMARD model / Tom Johnson [and others] -- 6. Future policy scenarios / Kenneth J. Thompson, John M. Bryden and Demetris Psaltopoulos -- 7. Farming, multifunctionality and regional development in a remote rural region : Trikala, Greece / Sophia Efstratoglou [and others] -- 8. What agrarian policy for an extensive agricultural area : the case of Bergueda, Spain / Lourdes Viladomiu, Gemma Frances and Jordi Rosell -- 9. Multifunctionality and development in a typical agricultural region : Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary / Tibor Ferenczi, Attila Jambor and Krisztina Fodor -- 10. Rural development and multifunctionality in a region with unlimited demand for labour : the Norwegian case study / Karen Refsgaard and Arild Spiss²y -- 11. The Wetteraukreis in Germany : a metropolitan countryside area that connects the urban and rural / Karlheinz Knickel [and others] -- 12. Agriculture and tourism in a remote, sparsely populated area : Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland, UK / Holger Bergmann and Kenneth J. Thomson -- 13. Comparing the outcomes of CAP policy reform scenarios : analysis of POMMARD results and DEA analysis / Tibor Ferenczi, Kenneth J. Thomson and John M. Bryden -- 14. Implications for policy / Kenneth J. Thomson and John M. Bryden -- 15. Accommodating multifunctionality in policy frameworks : implications for research / Luka Juvancic [and others] -- 16. Multifunctionality, sustainable territorial development and rural policies in Europe : some concluding reflections / John M. Bryden [and others]
Summary This book deals with an important contemporary policy issue: how best to ensure that an agriculturally-based policy can contribute to the development of rural regions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Rural development -- Europe
Sustainable development -- Europe
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Rural conditions
Rural development
Sustainable development
SUBJECT Europe -- Rural conditions
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Bryden, J. M. (John M.)
LC no. 2010035799
ISBN 9780203831403
0203831403
9781136829093
1136829091
1283104636
9781283104630
9786613104632
6613104639