Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe

Exploring Inter-Relationships Between Rural Policies, Farming, Environment, Demographics, Regional Economies and Quality of Life Using System Dynamics

Tom Johnson editor Karlheinz Knickel editor Kenneth J Thomson editor John M Bryden editor Sophia Efstratoglou editor Tibor Ferenczi editor Karen Refsgaard editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:14th Feb '11

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This book presents the methodology and results of a three-year, eleven-country science-to-policy research project – Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – undertaken between 2005 and 2008 and financed under the European Union's Sixth Framework program. It deals with an important contemporary policy issue: how best to ensure that an agriculturally-based policy can contribute to the development of rural regions. It tackles this problem in a number of different but complementary ways, primarily by the development of a unique and innovative dynamic systems model, POMMARD (a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development).

"Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe is a highly suggested reading for policy-makers and scholars interested in rural development and, more generally, rural areas. The authors and editors view rural development as a whole-embracing phenomenon that touches every aspect of human life."—International Journal of the Commons, Constantine Iliopoulos, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Athens, Greece

ISBN: 9780415882255

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Weight: 870g

382 pages