Title Rural Transformations Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies

Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (264 p.) Series Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning Ser Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning Ser Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Part I: Agricultural and Land Use Transitions -- Part II: Recognizing Rural Demographic Diversity -- Part III: Rural Innovations and Rural-Urban Partnerships -- Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Agricultural and Land Use Transitions -- Chapter 2: Agribusiness Towns, Globalization and Development in Rural Australia and Brazil -- Introduction Agribusiness Towns in Brazil and Australia -- Dom Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul -- Smithton, Tasmania -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3: A Change in the role of women in the rural area of Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey -- Introduction -- Female seasonal agricultural workers in Southeastern Turkey -- Methodological considerations -- Geographical mobility routes for the livelihood of seasonal workers -- Female workers in a closed traditional society -- Patriarchal culture examined through tea culture Agricultural working conditions and the economic independence of female workers -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Agricultural Transition in Rural China: Intersections of the Global, National and Local -- Introduction -- Theorising agricultural transition -- The policy setting -- The transition to multifunctional agriculture? The example of Xi'an's rural hinterland -- Modernising agriculture -- 'Farmhouse Joy' tourism -- Conclusions: agricultural transition in China -- References Chapter 5: A Checkered Pathway to Prosperity: The Institutional Challenges of Smallholder Tobacco Production in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- A Theoretical Framework of Forest Institutions -- Methodological Approach -- Smallholder Tobacco Production in Zimbabwe -- Deforestation and Environmental Concerns due to Tobacco Production -- Institutional Dynamics Related to Forest Resources and Tobacco Production -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Demographic Diversity Chapter 6: The Changing Rural Periphery: Contested Landscape, Agricultural Preservation, and New Rural Residents in Dakota County, Minnesota, U.S.A. -- Introduction and Background -- Conceptual Framework -- The Contested RUI -- Farmland Preservation -- Demographic Change -- Methods and Approach -- Case Study -- Dakota County, Minnesota -- Contextualizing Demographic Change in Dakota County -- Farmland Protection and Comprehensive Land Protection Plan -- New Farm Operators and Agricultural Entrepreneurs -- The HAFA Farms -- The Mainstreet Project -- Discussion Notes Description based upon print version of record Social-Economic and Environmental Impacts Subject Rural development. Land use, Rural. Sociology, Rural. Globalization -- Social aspects Globalization -- Economic aspects rural development. rural sociology. globalism. Globalization -- Economic aspects Globalization -- Social aspects Land use, Rural Rural development Sociology, Rural Form Electronic book Author Jones, Roy Schmitz, Serge ISBN 1000547035 9781000547030

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