Innovations in European Rural Landscapes

By: Hubert Wiggering and Marina Pintar and Hans-Peter Ende and Andrea Knierim

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Synopsis: Rural regions in Europe are evolving under powerful boundary conditions such as globalisation, socio-cultural transformations and climate change, which in turn increases natural hazards. The regional land use and the evolvement of landscapes is increasingly shaped trends and drivers like infrastructural, energy or housing needs, globalised agricultural markets, and consumption habits. To face these challenges and to balance competitiveness with social cohesion, the "InnoLand research and development network" induces and accompanies promising land use innovations at the landscape scale in 10 European rural regions. Based on a common conceptual approach among the InnoLand partners, the development and implementation of new competitive strategies is conducted as a science-practice dialogue with strong commitment to the regional policy design for rural development. With this book, the network partners provide an overview and a comparative analysis of selected experimental regional approaches and give examples for the successful tackling of future opportunities and threats.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783642041723
Related ISBNs:: 9783642041716
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Addition:: 07/15/13
Copyrighted By:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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