Empirical studies conducted in this book provide nuanced analysis of social-economic, administrative and political dynamics on the land beyond the airport grounds, such as the project area of Greenfield development, the airport city, or land resourc...Loe edasi...
Sophia Meeres, Ben Stringer, Mo Michelsen Stochholm Krag
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Oro Editions, ISBN-13: 9781966515050)
Existing as it does on the brink of being overrun, urbanized or abandoned, rurality is contested. Even in the field of academia, it is often questioned or considered a minor subordinate appendix to urbanity.Since the ancient Greeks, co...Loe edasi...
This book captures the complex relationships between rurality and populism with a focus on the processes of alienation and on the contemporary search for authenticity. It explores these relationships using case studies from different national and...Loe edasi...
This accessible introduction to planning law covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in equal depth. Linking legal principles to real-world planning practice, it shows how planning law shapes our built environment.Fully updated...Loe edasi...
This accessible introduction to planning law covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in equal depth. Linking legal principles to real-world planning practice, it shows how planning law shapes our built environment.Fully updated...Loe edasi...
This book discusses various debates around the policy of rural development in India. Various authors in this volume attempt to show how the issue of rural development requires looking into multiple issues at hand. Looking at the issue from the digni...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Little Toller Books, ISBN-13: 9781915068576)
In this new anthology for the Campaign to Protect Rural England leading writers and thinkers on the land, social history and ecology, re-imagine the future of the countryside, searching for a more sustainable and thriving countryside....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198972020)
The dominant discourse views the Indian economys transformation over several decades as a progression towards a grand, unified, and dynamic market economy. Critiquing this discourse, The Nonfarm Economy illustrates the prevalence and intens...Loe edasi...
This book is about the practice of rural development in contemporary China. It evolves the concept of neo-exogenous development to explain how the power of the state links to community action via local party structures, in pursuit of both state-...Loe edasi...
This book is about the practice of rural development in contemporary China. It evolves the concept of neo-exogenous development to explain how the power of the state links to community action via local party structures, in pursuit of both state...Loe edasi...
This book aims to foster a dialogue within and across rural communities, practitioners, academics, and decision-makers for interdisciplinary collaborations and informed actions. It offers knowledge about challenges faced by rural communities aroun...Loe edasi...
This book is the follow-up research and practical achievement of the national science and technology support project “Research on the planning standards of villages, townships and rural communities” an...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: James Currey, ISBN-13: 9781847014221)
What lies ahead for rural Africa, given a rapidly increasing population, climate change, poverty, inequality and projections of an increasing vulnerability to natural hazards and food shortages?Bringing together scholars in ecology...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781035383320)
This book explores how blockchain technology can transform rural areas by providing innovative solutions to issues such as food insecurity, poverty, climate change and digital inequality. Adopting a practical and conceptual approach, Diosey Ramon Lug...Loe edasi...
This book comprehensively explores the multifaceted issues shaping rural areas today. It thoroughly examines the socio-economic, environmental, and technological challenges and opportunities that rural communities come across. This...Loe edasi...
The Countryside: Planning and Change (1981) examines the relationship between policies and their actual effects on the countryside, throwing light on the problems inherent in a fragmented approach to policy-making. The Cou...Loe edasi...
Social change that occurs with rural development in the developing world is as important as economic change. But all too often economic aspects of development have been stressed without due regard to the sociological dimension. In this book, origi...Loe edasi...
This book intends to initiate a fresh articulation of need-based infrastructure provisions in rural contexts. It is key reading for development, planning and infrastructure courses as well as professionals and researchers involved in international...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Dec-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009682527)
Linda Qian introduces xiangchou - homesickness and rural nostalgia to English-language scholarship, using it as a lens through which to explore rural development in contemporary China. She blends qualitative ethnography with policy analysis to reve...Loe edasi...
Words from the Hedge is a passionate evocation of the history, beauty and importance of our hedgerows by a craftsman who has been laying hedges for almost three decades and has the scars to prove it.Hedges are as o...Loe edasi...
This book examines the potential benefits of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and applications for rural development. It provides an in-depth examination of theoretical concepts, in addition to presenting real-world case studies and methodological fra...Loe edasi...
The book brings together rural scholars from the Global North and the Global South, who have contributed chapters based on their own contexts. The book aims to provide a general picture of how rural communities are responding to challenges in a gl...Loe edasi...
The book brings together rural scholars from the Global North and the Global South, who have contributed chapters based on their own contexts. The book aims to provide a general picture of how rural communities are responding to challenges in a gl...Loe edasi...
This book explores the market-oriented experiment of rural collective operational construction land in China, revealing how land commodification shapes rural transformation through complex interactions between state and collective actors. I...Loe edasi...
This book provides a methodology for holistically crossing borders and connecting issues to nurture new design thinking and collaborative problem solving. It will allow designers, architects, policymakers and citizens to envisage the solutions to...Loe edasi...
Design thinking and the problem-solving process of design is a strategic resource. Through creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship it can help communities optimize limited land and water resources in urban and rural landscapes. To address the...Loe edasi...
Between Land and Water reveals topologies within the changing rurban landscape of the Yongning river plain in China. It explores the interwoven relationships between the cultural meanings of places associated with water, the ecological co...Loe edasi...
This book explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on how local actions are critical in reducing poverty, enhancing local innovations and sustainability, dive...Loe edasi...
