Progress in Rural Policy and Planning: 1992 Vol 2
Published on 15. June 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-471-94609-0 (ISBN)
Description
An annual survey of the rural studies area, looking at progress in specific issues, and progress across whole fields of rural policy and planning for separate countries or geographical areas. It also contains topical pieces on current events, new themes and new debates.
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Series
Edition
Volume 2 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, figures
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94609-0 (9780471946090)
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Content
Part 1 United States of America: the use of GIS for nitrogen management planning in Wisconsin, Robert McCallister, et al; geographic information system for rural resource planning in Kansas, M. Duane Nellis; conflict prediction and prevention in rural land use planning - a GIS approach, W.N. Xiang; contemporary issues in US rural planning and policy-making, Mark B. Lapping and Julia Moser; "Geographic Information Systems - a Management Perspective" by Stan Aronoff, reviewed by M. Duane Nellis; report of a conference on "Rural Planning and Development", Ivonne Audirac. Part 2 United Kingdom: health and social service provision for elderly people, Kerry Caldock and G. Clare Wenger; annual review of rural planning in the United Kingdom 1989-91, Andrew W. Gilg; towards an understanding of farm-based tourism in Britain, Nick Evans. Part 3 European mainland: agricultural policy and land diversion in the European Community, Brian W. Ilbery; nature conservation and agricultural practices in Slovenia - overview and future perspective, Gordon Beltrum; wildflower meadows or wilderness?, R.G.H. Bunce; soil erosion and agriculture in the Mediterranean region - annual review, David Briggs. Part 4 Canada: environmental assessment in Canada, Mary Ellen MacCallum and Michael Troughton; Canada - the rural scene, Robert Dilley; Canada Post Corporation and rural Canada - an evaluation of the rural conversion program, Brian S. Osborne; addressing rural issues in Canada's rural heartland, Richard Rounds. Part 5 Australasia: holding the line or chasing the rainbow? the quest for sustainability in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, P.J. Smailes and R.L. Heathcote; recent developments in rural planning in Australia, G.T. McDonald; the reregulation of New Zealand agriculture and its implications for a restatement of policy and planning agendas, Richard Le Heron, et al.