University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rural Change and Sustainability: Key themes / Stephen Essex, Andrew Gilg and Richard Yarwood -- Fordism rampant: the model and reality, as applied to production, processing and distribution in the North American agro-food system / Michael Troughton -- Feedlot Growth in Southern Alberta: A Neo-Fordist Interpretation / Ian MacLachlan -- People and Hogs: Agricultural Restructuring and the Contested Countryside in Agro-Manitoba / Douglas Ramsey, John Everitt and Lyndenn Behm -- Global Markets, Local Foods: the paradoxes of aquaculture / Joan Marshall -- Alternative or conventional? An examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders / Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye -- Agritourism and the Selling of local food production, family, and rural American traditions to maintain family farming heritage / Deborah Che, Gregory Veeck, and Ann Veeck -- Re-imaging agriculture: making the case for farming at the agricultural show / Lewis Holloway -- Stewardship, 'Proper' Farming and Environmental Gain: Contrasting Experiences of Agri-Environmental Schemes in Canada and the EU / Guy M. Robinson -- Stemming the urban tide: policy and attitudinal changes for saving the Canadian countryside / Hugh J. Gayler -- Vulnerability and Sustainability Concerns for the U.S. High Plains / Lisa M. Butler Harrington -- Environmental Ghost Towns / Chris Mayda -- Interpreting Family Farm Change and the Agricultural Importance of Rural Communities: Evidence from Ontario, Canada / John Smithers -- Engagement with the Land: Redemption of the Rural Residence Fantasy? / Kirsten Valentine Cadieux -- Mammoth Cave National Park and Rural Economic Development / Katie Algeo -- Assessing Variation in Rural America's Housing Stock: Case Studies from Growing and Declining Areas / Holly R. Barcus -- The Geography of Housing Needs of Low Income Persons in Rural Canada / David Bruce -- Change in Rural North Carolina: the new Latino presence / Owen J. Furuseth -- Finding the 'Region' in Rural Regional Governance / Ann K. Deakin -- Corporate-community relations in the tourism sector: A stakeholder perspective / Alison M. Gill and Peter W. Williams -- Resource Town Transition: Debates After Closure / Greg Halseth -- Narratives of community-based resource management in the American West / Randall K. Wilson -- Youth, Partnerships and Participation? Action research as a methodological approach / Christine Corcoran -- Conclusions / John Smithers and Randall K. Wilson.

"This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, the USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions that are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, having far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governance and globalization, and rural responses to these."--Jacket.