Agricultural restructuring and sustainability
Subtitle: a geographical perspective
By: edited by Brian Ilbery, Quentin Chiotti, and Timothy Rickard.
Contributors: Ilbery, Brian W.; Chiotti, Quentin.; Rickard, Timothy J.
Series: Sustainable rural development series ;; no. 3
Publisher: CAB International
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxon, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture -- Congresses.; Agricultural geography -- Congresses.; Sustainable development -- Congresses.
Description: This book consists of selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina. The papers included in the book are those that focus on agricultural restructuring and sustainability. This subject is of considerable current interest at a time when rural areas in developed market economies are undergoing considerable change. The chapters in the book examine, at various spatial scales, the broad processes and structural changes that are common to all rural systems in developed countries. Different geographical contexts are used to illustrate the uneven development of these processes and the implications for sustainable agriculture and rural systems. Authors provide both literature reviews and original research. The book is aimed at not only rural geographers but also agricultural economists, rural sociologists and policy-makers concerned with rural studies.--Publisher's website.
Notes: Selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina.
Includes index.