Author: Prof Dr Peter Dannenberg
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472444817
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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In rural areas of industrialized societies, food production as a basis for growth and employment has been declining for many decades. In the global south, on the other hand, food production is still often the most important factor for socio-economic development. Analysing the ongoing changes and dynamics in rural development from a functional perspective through a series of case studies from the global north and south, this volume deepens our understanding of the importance of new functional and multifunctional approaches in policy, practice and theory.
Author: Amy K. Glasmeier
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351481479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Rural America is at a crossroads in its economic development. Like regions of other First World nations, the traditional economic base of rural communities in the United States is rapidly deteriorating. Natural resources, including agriculture, show little prospect for generating future job growth, and manufacturing has become a new source of instability. Faced with these changes and an increasing vulnerability to international economic events, rural communities have begun to seek high-technology industries and advanced services as candidates for job growth and economic stability. What is the potential for high-tech growth outside the largest cities? What is the role of high-tech industry in the economic development of non-metropolitan America? This book provides a hard-nosed look at the high-tech potential in rural economic development. Some of the questions Glasmeier addresses include: Are rural areas attractive to high tech? Will high tech follow earlier patterns and filter down the lowest-paid jobs to rural areas? Will rural communities be bypassed completely for even lower-wage Third World locations? Glasmeier answers in a sober analysis that separates fact from myth. Empirical data reveals the kinds of high-tech jobs that locate in rural areas, and the kinds of rural areas that attract high-tech jobs. This analysis leads to a highly critical evaluation of state and local economic development policy and recommendations for its improvement. This book is a must for policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and an informed public interested in the promise of high tech and the future of US economic development.
Author: Lorna Aldrich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication in rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Author: Don E. Albrecht
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351706292
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development. Rural areas face a substantial disadvantage compared to urban areas in regard to housing, and this book explores these issues. Rural Housing and Economic Development includes chapters from nationally known experts from throughout the U.S. to provide insight to help understand and address the difficult housing concerns within rural areas. The chapters cover a variety of issues including housing for rural minorities, the extent of and problems associated with mobile home dwelling, the extent to which affordable rental housing is available in rural areas, the rapidly growing elderly population, and the housing consequences of rapid population and economic growth associated with energy development. The authors not only describe various housing problems, but also suggest policy approaches to more effectively address them. This book will be a vital resource to policy makers at the local, state or national level as they grapple with difficult rural housing problems. Researchers and professionals dealing with housing issues will also benefit from the insights of these experts while the book will also be appropriate for upper level undergraduates or graduate students in courses on housing or economic development.
Author: André Torre
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319023721
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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This book intends to provide analytical and policy tools for investigating the question of the development of rural and peri-urban areas. The aim is to shed some light on this topic and in particular to contribute to a better understanding of the link between issues of regional or territorial development and issues of rural development. The text addresses the question of the disputed notions and definitions of rural development in rural and regional studies, examines the literature of regional and territorial development and the policies of regional development and planning. It also presents scenarios for the future of rural areas, with a focus on European territories.
Author: George Loris Brinkman
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Author: Peter Dannenberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317146239
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Analysing the ongoing changes and dynamics in rural development from a functional perspective through a series of case studies from the global north and south, this volume deepens our understanding of the importance of new functional and multifunctional approaches in policy, practice and theory. In rural areas of industrialized societies, food production as a basis for growth and employment has been declining for many decades. In the Global South, on the other hand, food production is still often the most important factor for socio-economic development. However, rural areas both in the industrialized north and in the global south are facing new challenges which lead to significant changes and threats to their development. New forms of food production, but also new functional (e.g. housing or business parks) and often multifunctional approaches are being discussed and practiced yet it remains unclear the extent to which these result in better or more sustainable development of rural areas.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Author: Elmar Kulke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315578705
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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