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Mention of the British countryside commonly evokes visions of
pastoral contentment; but the nature of rural Britain has changed
dramatically since 1945. The declining importance of farming as a
source of income and employment in the course of this century has
undermined the simple identity of the rural economy with the
agricultural sector. The social composition of many villages has
been transformed by incomers who commute to nearby towns and cities
for their work. And EU policy is playing an increasingly important
role in both the regulation of the countryside and the promotion of
development through structural assistance programmes. The Rural
Economy and the British Countryside offers critical perspectives on
the changing profile of rural Britain by leading contributors in
the field. It considers the meaning of the term 'rural' and what
might constitute a sustainable rural economy; present and future
patterns of rural development; the role of markets; natural
resource management; agricultural pollution; marketing policies in
the agricultural sector; environmental valuation techniques; rural
policies and politics; and the future of the rural political
economy. Written by a team of experts at the Centre for Rural
Economy, which took a leading role in the debate surrounding
preparation of the 1995 Rural White Paper, the book is ideal for
students of rural and environmental policy, countryside management,
planning and recreation, rural geography, and agriculture and
environmental studies courses. Paul Allanson is a Lecturer in
Economics at the University of Dundee, specialising in evolutionary
economics and structural change in agriculture. Martin Whitby is
Professor of Countryside Management at the University of Newcastle
upon Tyne, and is the author of Incentives for Countryside
Management: the Case of ESAs and the European Environment and CAP
Reform, among other titles. Originally published in 1996
Mention of the British countryside commonly evokes visions of
pastoral contentment; but the nature of rural Britain has changed
dramatically since 1945. The declining importance of farming as a
source of income and employment in the course of this century has
undermined the simple identity of the rural economy with the
agricultural sector. The social composition of many villages has
been transformed by incomers who commute to nearby towns and cities
for their work. And EU policy is playing an increasingly important
role in both the regulation of the countryside and the promotion of
development through structural assistance programmes. The Rural
Economy and the British Countryside offers critical perspectives on
the changing profile of rural Britain by leading contributors in
the field. It considers the meaning of the term 'rural' and what
might constitute a sustainable rural economy; present and future
patterns of rural development; the role of markets; natural
resource management; agricultural pollution; marketing policies in
the agricultural sector; environmental valuation techniques; rural
policies and politics; and the future of the rural political
economy. Written by a team of experts at the Centre for Rural
Economy, which took a leading role in the debate surrounding
preparation of the 1995 Rural White Paper, the book is ideal for
students of rural and environmental policy, countryside management,
planning and recreation, rural geography, and agriculture and
environmental studies courses. Paul Allanson is a Lecturer in
Economics at the University of Dundee, specialising in evolutionary
economics and structural change in agriculture. Martin Whitby is
Professor of Countryside Management at the University of Newcastle
upon Tyne, and is the author of Incentives for Countryside
Management: the Case of ESAs and the European Environment and CAP
Reform, among other titles. Originally published in 1996
The complex and conflicting demands that society makes on the
countryside have led to an increasingly strategic approach to its
management. This important new work evaluates the key challenges
facing managers and policy-makers in the contemporary British
countryside and critically examines a range of strategies for
making the most of our natural heritage.
Countryside Stewardship is the first cross-country, empirical study
to examine the market effects of stewardship policies across
Europe, as well as their possible impact on the supply of
agricultural commodities.
This timely and insightful book examines the economic nature of the
agri-environmental measures that were intended to reduce the
negative effects of agricultural production on countryside
amenities and stimulate the positive contributions of farmers to
countryside management. An international team of authors offers a
comparative analysis of stewardship policies across eight different
European countries, drawing upon a classification of 330 different
agri-environmental measures introduced since 1985. The objective of
their analysis is to provide policy makers and all those involved -
farmers, extension officers, researchers - with more insight into
the organisation and effects of these policies and to present some
options for a more effective implementation of policies in this new
field.
In recent years, landscape and wildlife conservation has attracted
increased attention from environmentalists and policy-makers. There
have been policies within the European Union aimed at conserving
wildlife and landscape in Europe for more than a decade and
appraisal of these policies is opportune. A workshop was therefore
held at the University of Hohenheim in September 1996, to examine
critical issues associated with these policies. This workshop was
one of a series, each focusing on a key theme as part of the EU
Concerted Action, Policy measures to control environmental impacts
from agriculture . This book presents a selection of revised papers
from this workshop. The overall perspective is an economic one,
with several chapters reviewing analytical methods, economic
valuation of the benefits of agricultural landscapes and the costs
and benefits of wildlife conservation. These are set in the context
of the Common Agricultural Policy and environmental policies in the
EU. The book represents important reading for agricultural and
environmental economists, as well as those concerned with ecology
and conservation."
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