Rural sustainable development in America/
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| Language: | English |
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New York Chichester:
J. Wiley & Sons,
c1997
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part One. Rural sustainable development: frameworks and underpinnings: 1. Rural sustainable development: a postmodern alternative 2. A tradition of rural sustainability: the Amish Portrayed 3. Ecological footprints and the imperative of rural sustainability 4. Sustainability and rural revitalization: two alternative visions 5. Exploration of a framework for evaluating sustainable development in a rural agricultural context 6. Sustainable community development: a systems approach
- Part Two. Rural diversity and diversity of approaches to community sustainability: 7. Moving from principles to policy: a framework for rural sustainable community development in the Unites States 8. Still life on the plains: strategies for sustainable communities 9. Self - development as a strategy for rural sustainability 10. Strengthening social capital: the challenge for rural community sustainability 11. Rural public administration and sustainability: reasserting governance over Government 12. Community - based workshops: building a partnership for community vitality
- Part Three. Assessing the alternatives: 13. Rural sustainable development: a new regionalism? 14. Agricultural adaptation to urbanization: farm types and agricultural sustainability in U.S. Metropolitan Areas 15. Greenways, tails and rural sustainability 16. Sure (sustainable urban / rural enterprise): a partnership for economy and environment 17. Solid waste management in rural areas: lessons from Florida 18. Economic analysis of leaf management alternatives for local government 19. Regenerating a regional economy from within: some preliminary lessons from Central Appalachia 20. Equity and sustainable development: community self - empowerment in three indigenous communities
- About the authors
- Index