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Farstad, Maja; Rye, Johan Fredrik – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
Dominating strands within the research literature on second homes explain social conflicts between rural hosting and visiting second home populations by describing their differing perspectives on rural development. Such presentations suggest that locals are likely to welcome new developments in order to enhance the economic viability of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Misconceptions, Local Issues
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Gur'ianova, M. P. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
Research on rural youth in Russia shows that keeping qualified and ambitious young people in the rural economy will require creating conditions for young people to exercise initiative in the rural economy and diminishing the gap in quality of life between rural and urban environments. Only in this way can the pessimism of rural youth be overcome.
Descriptors: Rural Population, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Rural Sociology
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O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
Indigenous peoples and other rural or remote populations often bear the social and environmental cost of extractive industries while obtaining little of the wealth they generate. Recent developments including national and international recognition of Indigenous rights, and the growth of "corporate social responsibility" initiatives among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Industry, Corporations
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Fast, Stewart – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
This study pursues a Habermasian analysis of citizen discussions and of the local public sphere to shed light on renewable energy futures in rural east-central Canada. Using data from group discussions, it pursues an investigation of utterances, validity claims and of discourses. The analysis is supplemented by participant observation of publicly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Prediction, Behavior Theories
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Michelini, Juan Jose – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
The importance of social capital as a resource for rural development, especially in the context of projects involving joint participation of state and civil society, is widely recognized today. This paper analyzes the obstacles confronted by local players--small farmers and government organizations--in the development of an irrigation area through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Rural Development, Economic Development
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Brown, Jo. B., Comp. – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2012
This classified, comprehensive bibliography for Appalachian studies includes books, journal articles, government documents, and selected newspaper articles published in 2010, plus relevant titles indexed in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database. Also, a number of earlier citations not included in the previous bibliography are listed here.…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Area Studies, Social Sciences, Journal Articles
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Bell, David; Jayne, Mark – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
This paper explores emerging policymaking and research into rural creative industries, drawing on a case study from the county of Shropshire in the UK. It begins with a critique of existing creative industries policy, which is argued to focus almost exclusively on the urban as the site of creative work. The paper highlights an emerging body of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Environment, Rural Population, Rural Economics
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Holmes, John – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Within Australia's tropical savanna zone, the northernmost frontier regions have experienced the swiftest transition towards multifunctional occupance, as a formerly flimsy productivist mode is readily displaced by more complex modes, with greater prominence given to consumption, protection and Indigenous values. Of these frontier regions, Cape…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Power Structure, Conservation (Environment)
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Saxena, Gunjan; Ilbery, Brian – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
This paper examines community attitudes and distinctive practices that shape local responses to integrated rural tourism (IRT) development in the lagging rural region of the English/Welsh border area. The focus is on how actors acquire attributes as a result of their relations with others and how these assumed identities are performed in, by and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Economic Development, Rural Environment
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Barbieri, Carla; Mahoney, Edward – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
State agencies have been encouraging the development of different enterprises to diversify farm incomes in an effort to retain farmers in business, attract new entrants to agriculture and promote regional development. Entrepreneurship and farming are known to be driven by a complex set of goals including those which are economic and intrinsic in…
Descriptors: Income, Quality of Life, Factor Analysis, Agriculture
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1988
This report provides a general review of the significant activities and accomplishments of the New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. A letter from Senator Charles D. Cook outlines the task set before the Commission, which is to improve the conditions of New York's rural residents. The next section, "Reprise 1988: A Glance…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Rural Areas, Rural Development, Rural Economics
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Maconachie, Roy; Binns, Tony – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
Sierra Leone is currently emerging from a brutal civil war that lasted most of the 1990s, and now has the dubious distinction of being ranked among the world's poorest countries. As thousands of displaced people move back to their villages, a large proportion of the predominantly farm-based rural population are growing food crops for the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Population, War, Rural Development
Maddox, James G. – 1973
The study examines programs aimed at encouraging the economic, social, and cultural development of rural areas; the nature of activities undertaken and results achieved; major provisions of the new Rural Development Act; and directions which future policies and programs should take. A statement by the National Planning Association (NPA)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, National Programs, Policy Formation, Rural Development
Brown, J. C. – Rural Electrification Magazine, 1994
Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute (Salina, KS), seeks alternatives to the industrial agriculture that exhausts the soils and economies of small, rural Kansas communities. In Matfield Green (Kansas), interns from the Land Institute manage the town's cafe and help residents work together on achieving a sustainable economy based on renewable…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Impact, Higher Education, Natural Resources
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Brown, Jo B., Comp. – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 1999
Classified, selected bibliography for Appalachian studies contains approximately 500 entries, published 1997-98, including books, journal articles, government documents, and dissertations. Topics include agriculture, arts and crafts, Civil War, industry and labor, economic conditions and development, education, environment, ethnicity/race,…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Development
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