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Rural resource management / by Paul Cloke

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Routledge revivalsPublication details: Routledge, 1985. London:Description: xiii, 473 pISBN:
  • 9780415712828
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7617 CLO-R
Contents:
1. Images of an integrated countryside; rural images; the rural concept -- identity; the rural concept -- theories; rural dynamics and change; conclusions; notes and references; 2. Rural resources; the concept of a resource; perspectives in resource management; key themes in resource management; resource classification; the rural resource system; conclusions; notes and references; section 1. The rural resource base: overview.— 3. Natural resourcesnatural resources -- utility and character; mineral resources; water resources; ecological resources; notes and references; -- 4. Landscape resources; landscape as a resource; the values of landscape; landscape analysis; wilderness; some implications; notes and references; -- 5. Social resources -- the human dimension; human resources in rural areas; primary resources; secondary resources; tertiary resources; resource analysis and allocation; some implications; notes and references; -- Section ii. Resource conflicts; 6. Resource extraction; extraction -- conflict and paradox. The human dimensionthe environmental dimension; planning and mineral workings; extraction, restoration and rehabilitation; conclusions; notes and references; -- 7. Recreation and preservation; recreation, leisure 'and resource allocation; recreational user patterns; access, travel and traffic; recreation and agriculture; environmental impacts of recreation; recreation and conservation; conclusions; notes and references; -- 8. The built environment; conflict and change; rural settlements and conservation; rural settlements in a conserved landscape; rural settlements and social resources. Notes and references— 9. Farming and forestry; introduction; the changing farming environment; landscape, amenity and agriculture; nature conservation and agriculture; woodlands and forestry; recreation potential of forests; nature conservation and forests; notes and references; -- 10. Access; access and social resources; management response to social access difficulties; access and landscape resources; improving access to landscape resources; notes and references; section iii. Management themes for rural resources; -- 11. Countryside management by planning; the planning machinery. Planning by development controlplanning by development; planning by agreement -- the wildlife and countryside act 1981; notes and references; -- 12. Integrated management strategies; comprehensive planning -- coordination, conflict and actors; sectoral decision making and structural limitations; baronies of interest and lemming' s rule; the rural land use strategy dialogue; countryside commission initiatives; multi-purpose land use and resource management; institutional implications; conclusions; notes and references; epilogue; location index; index.
Summary: This book, first published in 1985, provides an overview of resource management, together with a geographical treatment of physical, landscape and social resources. Drawing on British, European and North American material, the book has three main objectives: to offer an integrated review of the rural resource system, to isolate potential and actual conflicts between resources in the countryside with the aid of detailed case studies, and to explore various broad management techniques and their applicability to differing types of resource use and resource conflict. This title will provide imp.
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1. Images of an integrated countryside; rural images; the rural concept --
identity; the rural concept --
theories; rural dynamics and change; conclusions; notes and references;
2. Rural resources; the concept of a resource; perspectives in resource management; key themes in resource management; resource classification; the rural resource system; conclusions; notes and references; section 1. The rural resource base: overview.—
3. Natural resourcesnatural resources --
utility and character; mineral resources; water resources; ecological resources; notes and references; --
4. Landscape resources; landscape as a resource; the values of landscape; landscape analysis; wilderness; some implications; notes and references; --
5. Social resources --
the human dimension; human resources in rural areas; primary resources; secondary resources; tertiary resources; resource analysis and allocation; some implications; notes and references; --
Section ii. Resource conflicts; 6. Resource extraction; extraction --
conflict and paradox. The human dimensionthe environmental dimension; planning and mineral workings; extraction, restoration and rehabilitation; conclusions; notes and references; --
7. Recreation and preservation; recreation, leisure 'and resource allocation; recreational user patterns; access, travel and traffic; recreation and agriculture; environmental impacts of recreation; recreation and conservation; conclusions; notes and references; --
8. The built environment; conflict and change; rural settlements and conservation; rural settlements in a conserved landscape; rural settlements and social resources. Notes and references—
9. Farming and forestry; introduction; the changing farming environment; landscape, amenity and agriculture; nature conservation and agriculture; woodlands and forestry; recreation potential of forests; nature conservation and forests; notes and references; --
10. Access; access and social resources; management response to social access difficulties; access and landscape resources; improving access to landscape resources; notes and references; section iii. Management themes for rural resources; --
11. Countryside management by planning; the planning machinery. Planning by development controlplanning by development; planning by agreement --
the wildlife and countryside act 1981; notes and references; --
12. Integrated management strategies; comprehensive planning --
coordination, conflict and actors; sectoral decision making and structural limitations; baronies of interest and lemming' s rule; the rural land use strategy dialogue; countryside commission initiatives; multi-purpose land use and resource management; institutional implications; conclusions; notes and references; epilogue; location index; index.

This book, first published in 1985, provides an overview of resource management, together with a geographical treatment of physical, landscape and social resources. Drawing on British, European and North American material, the book has three main objectives: to offer an integrated review of the rural resource system, to isolate potential and actual conflicts between resources in the countryside with the aid of detailed case studies, and to explore various broad management techniques and their applicability to differing types of resource use and resource conflict. This title will provide imp.

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