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Agriculture and working-class political culture: A lesson from The Grapes of Wrath

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2007

John Steinbeck's 1939 novel can be given a reading that links events and the mentality of characters to mainstream schools of liberal and neo-liberal political theory: libertarianism, egalitarianism, and utilitarianism. Each of these schools is sketched in outline and applied to topics in rural political culture.

Evaluation of productive rural land patterns with joint regard to the size, shape and dispersion of plots

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2007

With a view to its use in relation to land consolidation programmes, we present an approach to evaluation of land distributions that aggregates the influences of the size, shape and dispersion of plots on productivity and is designed for computer implementation in a geographical information system. It is envisaged that it will be useful for identification of areas in which land consolidation is required, for evaluation of consolidation projects, and for consolidation project optimization.

Why community ownership? Understanding land reform in Scotland

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2013

In 1999 the Scottish Parliament convened for the first time in almost 300 years and in response to long-standing popular discontent about highly concentrated land ownership passed the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Quite in contrast to the emphasis that much of the international development literature and policy have placed on the importance of individual private ownership, Scotland's land reform promotes community ownership. Rather than breaking up large private estates, land reformers aim to keep these estates whole while transferring ownership of them to local communities.

Conflicting rationalities, knowledge and values in scarred landscapes

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2009

Incorporating public or local preferences in landscape planning is often discussed with respect to the difficulties associated with accurate representation, stimulating interest and overcoming barriers to participation. Incorporating sectoral and professional preferences may also have the same degree of difficulty where conflicts can arise. Planning theory calls for inclusiveness and collaboration, ideally egalitarian, and analysis of the process often uses case study scenarios that may offer examples for practice and further research.

Socioeconomic changes and forestland development: commonalities and distinctions between the eastern and western United States

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2010
Estados Unidos de América

Impacts of rural land development on natural resources in the United States have been well documented and research on rural land development provides important inputs to land conservation policy and program development. Although numerous land-use studies have been completed for the western and eastern states, still lacking is a single study examining changes in population, housing, and land development in the two regions.

Cambodian peasant's contribution to rural development: a perspective from Kampong Thom Province

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2010
Camboya

The paper aims to identify the rationality of peasant communities and their contribution to rural development in Kampong Thom province. To do so, an interdisciplinary analytical framework addresses the dynamics of land use and land tenure, the strategies of labor force allocation as well as the determinants of land and labor agricultural productivities amongst peasant communities. It rests on details field surveys in two communes located in very distinct agro-ecological settings of Kampong Thom province.

comparison of scenarios for rural development planning and conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2013
Congo

Including a diverse set of stakeholders in collaborative land use planning processes is facilitated by data and maps that communicate and inform an array of possible planning options and potential scenarios of future land use change. In northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has engaged stakeholders and the DRC Government to lead a participatory zoning process in the Maringa–Lopori–Wamba (MLW) Landscape.

Food Security and Fossil Energy Dependence: An International Comparison of the Use of Fossil Energy in Agriculture (1991-2003)

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2011

The serious food crisis in 2007 has reinstated the issue of food security. In particular, it evokes an old set of questions associated with the sustainability of an adequate food supply: are we facing a systemic shortage of arable land for food production? How serious is the oil dependence of food security in relation to peak oil (the point in time when the maximum rate of global oil extraction is reached)? To answer these questions one has to study the role of technical inputs in agricultural production, especially those inputs generated from fossil energy (how much fossil energy is used?

Modelling the impact of EAFRD policies on rural development and structural change

Conference Papers & Reports
Abril, 2010

Policies for rural areas have become an important but complex policy field in the EuropeanUnion`s Common Agricultural Policy. In this paper we present a programming approach toanalyse the EAFRD budget allocation in Saxony-Anhalt. The approach has been interactivelydeveloped with representatives from our partner Ministry. The model is used to analyse anddiscuss optimisation potentials and the effects of reduced budget availabilities facing Saxony-Anhalt.