In large parts of the world, the reduction in the viability of agriculture and rural areas is an escalating problem. "Sustainable Land Management" offers a contemporary overview of the strategies employed to cope with the marginalisation of agriculture, through analyses of case studies and regional trends in marginalisation. The authors argue that complexities and driving forces governing marginalisation are not always the same across nations and regions due to climate, geography, economics, legislation and political status. This book illustrates in what form these complexities exist, and how these unravel at the national and regional levels. As the need to understand and cope with marginalisation processes has developed, the concept of multi-functionality has also gained a vital place in the string of coping strategies.This work contributes essential knowledge for the development of marginalisation mitigation policy actions across the globe. Informative and well-documented, this book will appeal to those researching and working in the fields of agricultural and resource economics, rural geography, environmental governance and sustainable development.
Contents:Preface1. IntroductionFloor Brouwer and Teunis van RheenenPART I: UNDERSTANDING MARGINALISATION AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY2. Understanding Marginalisation in the Periphery of Europe: A Multidimensional ProcessTeresa Pinto-Correia and Bas Breman3. Multifunctionality: What Do We Know It Is?Patrick Caron and Dominique Cairol4. The Clock is Ticking for Rural AmericaMichael DuffyPART II: EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN VIABILITY OF AGRICULTURE5. Northern European Features and Vulnerability to Marginalisation: Exploring Indicators and Modes of CopingShivcharn S. Dhillion, Anna Martha Elgersma, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom and Hilkka Vihinen6. Marginalisation of Rural Economies in the Czech Republic and HungaryAlajos Feher, Josef Fanta, Gabor Szabo and Frantiek Zemek7. Rural Amenities in Mountain AreasThomas Dax and Georg Wiesinger8. Marginalisation in Spanish Dry Areas: The Case of Villafafila Lagoons ReserveJordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Anna Zamora9. How Visible is Marginalisation in Europe?Teunis van Rheenen and Floor BrouwerPART III: SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES10. High Nature Value Farming and the Agrifood Chain in JapanYoichi Matsuki and Miki Nagamatsu11. Social Capital - A Dynamic Force Against Marginalisation?Georg Wiesinger, Hilkka Vihinen, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom and Gabor Szabo12. Understanding the Quality of Agricultural Land Use SystemsAnna Martha Elgersma, Shivcharn S. Dhillion, Arnold Arnoldussen, Josef Fanta and Eva Boucnikova13. Reflections and Emerging Perspectives on Changing Land Management PracticesFloor Brouwer and Teunis van RheenenIndex
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