Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition: Volume 1: Agriculture and Environment
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1999
- Category
- Rural
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780851988115
- Publish Date
- Apr 1999
- List Price
- $121.00
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Description
This two volume work analyses the restructuring of rural areas in developed economies, focusing on the UK, USA and Canada. Volume 1 addresses agriculture and the environment, concentrating on five themes: developing organizational structures in the agribusiness system, diversification of thefarm business, the environmental impact on modern agriculture emerging policy issues, and sustainable agriculture as a policy option.
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I. R. Bowler, Department of Geography, University of Leicester. C. R. Bryant, Department of Geography, University of Montreal. M. D. Nellis, Department of Geography, Kansas State University.