Part 1 United States of America: problems of resource dependency in US rural communities, Richard S.Krannich and A.E.Luloff; on the threshold of the 90s - issues in US rural planning and development, Mark B.Lapping and Irene Szedlmayer; dealing with change in the Connecticut River Valley - a design manual for conservation and development by Yaro, Arendt, Dobson and Brabee, reviewed by Owen Furuseth; saving America's countryside - a guide to rural conservation by Stokes, Watson, Keller and Keller, reviewed by Frederick Steiner. Part 2 United Kingdom: rural planning policies in the 1980s - an aide memoire, Andrew W.Gilg; "Annual Review" of rural planning in the United Kingdom 1987-89, Andrew W.Gilg; the social and economic restructuring of rural Britain, Richard Munton; countryside change - some Newcastle Research Programme findings at Year One, Ken Willis; splitting nature, Ian Brotherton. Part 3 Europe: land consolidation and agrarian policy in the Friuli-Venezia Guilia region, Italy, Franca Battigelli; problems of Polish agriculture, K.R.Mazurski; conflicts caused by imbalances in forest policy and practice in the Basque country, Helen Groome; EC legislation on the environment and rural areas April 1989 - September 1990, David Briggs; towards a European environment agency, David Briggs. Part 4 Canada: Canadian agriculture and the Canada-US free trade agreement - a critical appraisal, Michael Troughton; Canada - the rural scene, Robert Dilley; promoting community development - Atlantic Canada group focuses on rural scene, Robert Dilley; promoting community development - Atlantic Canada group focuses on rural areas and small towns, Floyd Dykeman; Alberta's vision 2020 - communities choosing futures today, Tom Hong. Part 5 Australasia: the Murray-Darling Basin - a case study in cooperative policy development, Neil S.McDonald; recent developments in rural planning in Australia, G.T.McDonald; review of recent developments in rural planning in New Zealand, Richard Willis.
