Planning for Rural Resilience: Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures

By: Wayne J. Caldwell and Erica Ferguson and Emanuel Lapierre-Fortin and Jennifer Ball and Suzanne Reid and Paul Kraehling and Eric Marr and John Devlin and Chris White and Tony Mcquail and Margaret Graves and Bill Deen and Ralph Martin and Christopher Bryant

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Synopsis: Climate change and an evolving non-renewable energy sector threaten the future viability and sustainability of communities across the country. While rural communities have a special place in the national fabric, they often lack the resources to tackle these important and evolving threats. Planning for Rural Resilience: Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures makes clear that communities and municipalities have opportunities to make informed and constructive decisions in the face of uncertainty: many of these decisions are “win-win” in the sense that they benefit the community in the short term while also building resilience for the future. Case studies include a town rebuilding itself after a tornado and an individual farmer’s commitment to creating a resilient farm. They provide examples of innovative, successful, and practical on-the-ground actions and strategies. Planning for Rural Resilience asks central questions about the nature of change and the ability to adapt in rural regions. While change is often feared, communities have capacity that can be rallied, harnessed, and turned towards planning policy and action that responds to threats to the future. This important work will assist municipal decision makers, planners, and community members as well as anyone who has a passion for the future and betterment of rural life.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780887554612
Related ISBNs:: 9780887557804, 9780887554636, 9780887557804
Publisher:: University of Manitoba Press
Date of Addition:: 09/15/17
Copyrighted By:: The Authors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.