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A living countryside? : the politics of sustainable development in rural Ireland / edited by John McDonagh, Tony Varley and Sally Shortall.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on rural policy and planningPublication details: Farnham : Ashgate, c2009.Description: xix, 397 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780754646693 (hbk.) :
  • 0754646696 (hbk.) :
  • 9780754689089 (ebook) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HN400.3.Z9 C643 2009
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 307.141209415 MCD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R16086KRCT
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 307.141209415 MCD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R16087KRCT

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

By examining a range of experiences from both the north and south of Ireland, this book asks what the ideal of sustainable development might mean to specific rural groups and how sustainable development goals have been pursued across the policy spectrum. It assesses the extent of commitment to a living countryside in Ireland and compares various opportunities and obstacles to the actual achievement of sustainable rural development. How different sectors of rural society will be challenged in terms of future survival provides an overarching theme throughout.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The politics of rural sustainability
  • Part I Policy and Planning for Sustainability
  • A legal framework for sustainable development in rural areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • Environmental lessons for rural Ireland from the European Union: how great expectations in Brussels get dashed in Bangor and Belmullet
  • Governance for regional sustainable development: building institutional capacity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • Regional planning and sustainability
  • Managing rural nature: regulation, translations and governance in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • Part II Primary Production and Sustainability
  • Agriculture and multifunctionality in Ireland
  • Sustainable forestry in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
  • Governance and sustainability: impacts of the Common Fisheries Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
  • Production, markets and the coastal environment: exploring the social sustainability of Irish aquaculture
  • Part III Information Technology, Tourism and Sustainability
  • Knowledge-based competition: implications for sustainable development in rural Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
  • Conflict to consensus: contested notions of sustainable rural tourism on the island of Ireland
  • Part IV Social Differentiation and Sustainability
  • Demography of rural decline and expansion
  • 'A growing concern': youth, sustainable lifestyle and livelihood in rural Ireland
  • Rural ageing and public policy in Ireland
  • Gender and sustainability in rural Ireland
  • The Irish language and the future of the Gaeltacht regions of Ireland
  • Part V Sustainability and Civil Society
  • Environmental movements in Ireland: North and South
  • Populism and the politics of community survival in rural Ireland
  • The road to sustainable transport: community groups, rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland
  • Conclusion: Sustainability and getting the balance right in rural Ireland
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr John McDonagh is from the Department of Geography and Dr Tony Varley is from the Department of Politics both at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Dr Sally Shortall is Director of the Gibson Institute for Land Food and Environment at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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