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Living Countrysides, Rural development processes in Europe: The state of the art

Living Countrysides, Rural development processes in Europe: The state of the art

This book presents a comprehensive and path-breaking overview and analysis of rural development processes throughout Europe. It profiles how new countrysides are emerging, characterized by new multi-functional enterprises, strong regional economies, new professional identities, and networks that interlink the rural and the urban. Multi-functionality, as the case studies from the different regions show, is a central feature of these changes, allowing farm enterprises to engage in new activities, such as agro-tourism, the production, transformation and commercialization of quality products, the management of landscapes and nature, the production of energy crops, part-time farming and new co-operative arrangements. By engaging in these processes, rural enterprises are strengthened and the countryside as a whole is more able to effectively meet the new demands emerging from society at large.

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Auteur
Ploeg, J D van de; Long, A; Banks, J
ISBN
9789054391173
Aantal pagina's
231
Voor wie bestemd
  • Farmers
  • European politicians