Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide

by Andersson, Kjell

• ISBN13: 9781848551381
• ISBN10: 184855138X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-28
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd

Summary

The 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, counterurbanisation, urban sprawl and ever-increasing flows of people, goods and ideas between rural and urban areas have blurred the distinctions even further.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide	p. 1
Differentiation Processes: Deep Rural Areas, Periurban Areas, Post-Socialist Countrysides
The Emerging Shortage of Labour in Forestry in a Remote Coniferous Region: A Brake on the Massive Use of Biofuels	p. 25
From Suburbia to Rural Backwater: Exurban Rural Development In Germany	p. 57
Why did Russia Fail in its Agricultural Reform? A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Russia and the Baltic Countries	p. 79
The Future of Rural Communities in Bulgaria	p. 107
Perceptions of Agriculture's Multifunctional Role Among Rural Pennsylvanians	p. 127
Understanding the Sociocultural Processes that Contribute to Diversity and Conformity Among Farmers in Australia, Finland and the Netherlands	p. 151
Governing Differentiation
Rural-Urban Relations in Livelihoods, Governance and Use of Natural Resources - Considerations of Fisheries in the Finnish Archipelago Sea Region	p. 171
Regimes and Vital Coalitions in Rural-Urban Regions in the Netherlands	p. 191
Overcoming Jurisdictional Boundaries through Stakeholder Engagement and Collaborative Governance: Lessons Learned from White-Tailed Deer Management in the U.S.	p. 221
Managing Spatial Change in the Rural-Urban Fringe: The Role of Active Citizenship and Civil Society in the Republic of Ireland	p. 249
Challenges of Governance and Land Management of the Exurban/Wilderness Frontier in the USA	p. 277
Knowledge Integration and Power Relations: Pathways to Sustainability in Madrid	p. 305
Finnish and Hungarian Joint Initiative in and for the Information Society: On the Pleasure and Pain of Mediating in Cyberspace	p. 323
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