Restructuring the Countryside
Environmental Policy in Practice
Published on 12. March 1992
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-1-85628-248-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of papers presented at a Rural Geography Study Group conference held in January 1991. The book is divided into two sections: section one examines the concepts and facts behind restructuring the countryside, while section two provides nine case studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 212 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-248-2 (9781856282482)
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Person
Content
Part 1 Some underlying issues and concepts - restructuring the countryside - an introductory essay; the modern food system and the environment; rural restructuring - mechanization and the agricultural workforce; elderly farmers as countryside managers; "All winds and weathers" - uncertainty, debt and the subsumption of the family farm. Part 2 Case studies - patterns and implications of policy-induced agricultural adjustments in the European Community; the success of set-aside and similar schemes; soil characteristics of reverted farmland in Upland Mid-Wales; Britain's new forests - public dependence on private interest?; countryside in revolt - rural response to a proposed hazardous waste facility; nitrates in water - the politics of pollution regulation; water protection zones - a valid management strategy?; conservation, conversations and countryside change; ecology and land use in Britain.