Rural Development

This book interrogates when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011, a period of historical rupture in the global system of subsistence, getting behind the headlines and inside the politics of this global food crisis...

This book shows food insecurity in South Africa is shaped by many issues, such as structural poverty, racism, reconciliation attempts during and after apartheid, public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, and environmental concerns such as drought...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies...

The aim of this book is to explore the way that perceptions of rurality influence the way that the term “rural” is used across different academic disciplines.  Definitions of rural are not exact, leaving room for these interpretations to have a significant impact on the meanings conveyed in differen..

This book examines the relationship between land tenure, conservation and rural development in the context of the Southeast Asian archipelago and is particularly concerned with people living in and around national parks and other protected areas...

This book explores the historical and contemporary process of agrarian transformation in developing countries and its impact upon peasant livelihoods, examining contemporary processes of rural change through an historically-informed analytical lens...

Thirty years have passed since the beginning of the reform era in China which saw important changes in agriculture and rural organizations, but it is clear that certain entrenched legacies from pre-reform China still linger on even after WTO accession, most importantly the key role played by state a..

As regional inequality looms large in the policy debate in China, this volume brings together a selection of papers from authors whose work has had real impact on policy, so that researchers and policy makers can have access to them in one place._x005F_x000D_..

_x000D_ This book brings together a team of contributors to chart the development of rural Australia and to pinpoint what can be done and to analyse the policy measures that may be undertaken and to foster a dialogue between academics, policymakers and those living in rural communities. The result i..

This book critically analyzes key concepts associated with rural development policy and practice. Using the notion of rhetoric and reality, it makes sense of rural development and identifies the intricacies associated with rural development policy and practice, locating gaps and ensuing challenges...

This book critically analyzes key concepts associated with rural development policy and practice. Using the notion of rhetoric and reality, it makes sense of rural development and identifies the intricacies associated with rural development policy and practice, locating gaps and ensuing challenges...