Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society

✍ Scribed by Karl Bruckmeier and Hilary Tovey, Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 419
• Series: Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Based on the EU-funded CORASON research project, this volume brings together and compares studies into rural and sustainable development processes in twelve European countries. In doing so, it identifies trends and reveals the changing nature of development processes on the way towards a knowledge society. In particular, the book examines the differences between the preconditions and contexts relevant to rural development strategies and those relevant to sustainable development strategies. It argues that the concept, goals and nature of rural development is better understood and adopted by rural actors than those of sustainable development. Focusing on the ideas and practices of sustainable resource management, which is a component in both rural and sustainable development objectives, it links this with knowledge use by actors involved in rural development.It finds that, in the process of transition towards sustainability, there is a move from institutional discourses on rural development to a more local, livelihood-oriented idea set.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 18
1 The Politics of Rural Sustainability......Page 22
Part I Policy and Planning for Sustainability......Page 44
2 A Legal Framework for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland......Page 46
3 Environmental Lessons for Rural Ireland from the European Union: How Great Expectations in Brussels get Dashed in Bangor and Belmullet......Page 74
4 Governance for Regional Sustainable Development: Building Institutional Capacity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland......Page 90
5 Regional Planning and Sustainability......Page 106
6 Managing Rural Nature: Regulation, Translations and Governance in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland......Page 128
Part II Primary Production and Sustainability......Page 142
7 Agriculture and Multifunctionality in Ireland......Page 144
8 Sustainable Forestry in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland......Page 160
9 Governance and Sustainability: Impacts of the Common Fisheries Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland......Page 178
10 Production, Markets and the Coastal Environment: Exploring the Social Sustainability of Irish Aquaculture......Page 200
Part II Information Technology, Tourism and Sustainability......Page 226
11 Knowledge-based Competition: Implications for Sustainable Development in Rural Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland......Page 228
12 Conflict to Consensus: Contested Notions of Sustainable Rural Tourism on the Island of Ireland......Page 240
Part IV Social Differentiation and Sustainability......Page 256
13 Demography of Rural Decline and Expansion......Page 258
14 ‘A Growing Concern’: Youth, Sustainable Lifestyle and Livelihood in Rural Ireland......Page 276
15 Rural Ageing and Public Policy in Ireland......Page 290
16 Gender and Sustainability in Rural Ireland......Page 308
17 The Irish Language and the Future of the Gaeltacht Regions of Ireland......Page 324
Part V Sustainability and Civil Society......Page 340
18 Environmental Movements in Ireland: North and South......Page 342
19 Populism and the Politics of Community Survival in Rural Ireland......Page 362
20 The Road to Sustainable Transport: Community Groups, Rural Transport Programmes and Policies in Ireland......Page 382
Conclusion......Page 400
21 Sustainability and Getting the Balance Right in Rural Ireland......Page 402
Index......Page 406