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(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Shaping Rural Areas in Europe, Perceptions and Outcomes on the Present and the Future

Source: Springer.
Shaping Rural Areas in Europe. Perceptions and Outcomes on the Present and the Future sets out to investigate the effect of urban perceptions about the rural and consequent demands on rurality on the present and future configurations of rural territories in Europe in the early twenty-first century.

This volume presents and discusses a broad range of case studies and theoretical and methodological approaches from different academic fields, mainly Anthropology, Sociology and Geography.

Silva, Luís; Figueiredo, Elisabete (Eds.) 2013. Shaping Rural Areas in Europe, Perceptions and Outcomes on the Present and the Future. Springer.

WWW: www.springer.com

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Indigenous peoples, rural to urban migration, United States and Canada.

Source: Wiley.
This essay focuses on rural-to-urban migration by Indigenous peoples (aka American Indian, Native American, Aboriginal, and/or Indian) in the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on the 20th century.

Attention is paid to historical mobility, migration trends, processes of migration, and mobility characteristics of urban Indigenous communities.

Howard, Heather A., and Susan Lobo 2013. Indigenous peoples, rural to urban migration, United States and Canada. The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration.

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Rural Women's Health

Source: University of Toronto Press.
Rural Women’s Health integrates perspectives from rural practitioners, residents, and scholars in a variety of fields, including nursing, sociology, anthropology, and geography, to tackle issues relevant to diverse settings across the country. As such, it presents a national perspective on the nature of women’s health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.

The well-being of rural communities affects the well-being of those who reside in towns and cities because of rural-urban connections through food, drinking water, infectious disease, extreme environmental events, recreation, and for many, retirement residence. In rural areas themselves, women play a critical role in the health of their families and communities, yet women’s health is often marginalized or ignored. There have been limited studies to date about rural women and health in Canada. Filling an important gap in scholarship, this collection identifies priority issues that must be addressed to ensure these women’s well-being and offers innovative theoretical and methodological ideas for improvement.

Edited by Beverly D. Leipert, Belinda Leach, and Wilfreda E. Thurston. Rural Women's Health. University of Toronto Press.

E-Book

WWW: www.utppublishing.com

Books/Livres : Investing in Place Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia

Source: UBCPress.
Northern British Columbia is a place of rich cultures, diverse communities, and a strong sense of identity. The future of this vast, resource-rich region and the people who call it home could be either driven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by innovative, place-based solutions that seek to build viable communities and resilient local and regional economies.

Investing in Place is about creating the foundations for renewing northern British Columbia’s rural and small-town economies. Markey, Halseth, and Manson argue that renewal is not about nostalgic reliance on the policies and economic strategies of the past -- rather, it is about building a pragmatic and innovative vision for development, one that acknowledges both the opportunities and the challenges posed by resource development and global and technological change.

More information.

Read Table of contents and Introduction.

WWW: www.ubcpress.ca

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Young People Making it Work

Source: Melbourne University Publishing.
Young People Making it Work examines a generation’s lives in rural Australia over the last two decades. Against a backdrop of dramatic social, economic and environmental change, the book tells the story of how a generation of young people have strived to remain connected to the people and places that matter to them.

It transcends the assumption that rural places are one of deficit and disadvantage to focus on the ways in which powerful narratives of belonging are conceptualised.

Now aged in their late thirties, these are participants in the Youth Research Centre’s Life Patterns longitudinal study who left school in the early 1990s.

Hernan Cuervo and Johanna Wyn (2012). Young People Making it Work. (e-book) Melbourne University Publishing.

WWW: http://web.mup.unimelb.edu.au/e-store/

Books/Livres : Social Work in Rural Australia

Source: Allen & Unwin.
Social work practice in a country town or small remote community several hours' drive from the nearest centre is very different from practice in the city. Social Work in Rural Australia offers an introduction to the challenges and rewards of professional practice in rural and remote areas.

The authors explore the practical implications for social workers in non-urban regions, including teamwork with professionals from other fields, working with various sub-groups in communities and across distance with other social work colleagues, the diversity of rural livelihoods and lifestyles, and increasingly pressing environmental issues. Social work theories and case studies demonstrate how enabling practice can promote clients' and communities' ability to deal with some of the challenges of housing, youth unemployment, child protection, ageing, mental health, disability and the obstacles faced by Indigenous, migrant and refugee populations, in specific geographical settings.

Jane Maidment and Uschi Bay (Ed.) (2012) Social Work in Rural Australia, Enabling practice. Allen & Unwin.

More about this book.

WWW: www.allenandunwin.com

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : The Rural Nurse: Transition to Practice

Source: Springer.
This volume addresses the pressing need for practical information about transitioning from an urban-based nursing education or practice to a rural health care environment.

It provides successful strategies that nurses in rural settings can use to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative programs that will meet the needs of individual rural communities. The book details current rural nursing transition-to-practice trends and issues, national standards, and evidence-based model programs worldwide. Rural practice culture is described along with professional education issues, competency, patient care, and safety.

The Rural Nurse Transition to Practice. Deana Molinari, PhD, MS, RN, CNE (Editor). Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN (Editor).

Google Book.

WWW: www.springerpub.com

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Health in Rural Canada

Source: UBCPress.
Health research in Canada has mostly focused on urban areas, often overlooking the unique issues faced by Canadians living in rural and remote areas. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of rural health and health care in Canada, from coast to coast and in northern communities.

Three themes are highlighted: rural places matter to health, rural places are unique, and rural places are dynamic.

The contributors bring insights and methodologies from nursing, social work, geography, epidemiology, and sociology and from community-based research to a full spectrum of topics: health literacy, rural health care delivery and training, Aboriginal health, web-based services and their application, rural palliative care, and rural health research and policy. Taken together, these wide-ranging and multifaceted explorations of the dynamic relationship between health and place offer researchers and policy-makers, students and practitioners a valuable resource for understanding the special, ever-changing needs of rural communities.

Edited by Judith C. Kulig and Allison M. Williams.

Table of contents and Sample Chapter.

WWW: www.ubcpress.ca

Books/Livres: International Handbook of Rural Demography

Source: SpringerLink.
"With an inclusive international perspective, and founded on the principles of social demography, this handbook shows how the rural population, which recently dropped below 50 per cent of the world total, remains a vital segment of society living in proximity to much-needed developmental and amenity resources."

"The rich diversity of rural areas shapes the capacity of resident communities to address far-reaching social, environmental and economic challenges. Some will survive, become sustainable and even thrive, while others will suffer rapid depopulation. This handbook demonstrates how these future development trajectories will vary according to local characteristics including, but not limited to, population composition."

László J. J. Kulcsár and Katherine J. J. Curtis (Eds.). International Handbook of Rural Demography. 2012, XIII, 405 p.

WWW: www.springerlink.com

Books/Livres : Rural Families and Work: Context and Problems

Source: Springer.
"Rural Families and Work analyzes in context the issues and policies that have the greatest influence on rural employment. An overview of relevant theories provides a central starting point for discussion of work and its relationship to family and community well-being."

"Data from the Rural Families Speak project (including interview transcripts from study participants) illustrate the range of problems preventing rural families from finding and maintaining adequate employment. In addition, the book evaluates current proposals, pinpoints future directions for research and policy, and features discussion questions to help bring work-related issues into focus."

About this book

* Download Table of contents
* Download Preface
* Download Chapter 2

WWW: www.springer.com

Books/Livres : OECD Rural Policy Reviews: England, United Kingdom

Source: OECD.
"Rural England plays a significant role in the economy of the United Kingdom, but an even larger social and cultural role. And it is unique among OECD regions, in that it is geographically compact, with rural inhabitants generally no more than a half hour’s drive from an urban area."

"There is thus a vast amount of interaction between rural and urban populations in England.

England’s rural population is, on average, doing better than the urban population across a broad range of socio-economic indicators. Nevertheless, rural England is also struggling with pockets of poverty and social exclusion, difficulties in maintaining access to high quality public services, an ageing population, and, most importantly, a widespread shortage of affordable housing.

The government has adopted mainstreaming as its rural policy strategy. The objective of mainstreaming is to ensure that people in rural England have access to the same policies and programmes as those available in urban England. While mainstreaming is an attractive policy approach, especially in a country with strong rural-urban interactions such as England, it has proved challenging to implement. This report examines the mainstreaming policy response as applied to rural England and suggests ways to increase its effectiveness."

Key facts / Key policy issues / Key recommendations.


Find full list of Rural Policy Reviews at publications on rural development.

WWW: www.oecd.org/gov/ruraldevelopment

Books/Livres : Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development

Source: Edward Elgar Publishing.
"The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural development."

Edited by Gry Agnete Alsos, Managing Director, Nordland Research Institute, Norway, Sara Carter, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde Business School, UK and Visiting Professor, Nordland Research Institute, Elisabet Ljunggren, Senior Researcher in Entrepreneurship, Nordland Research Institute, Norway and Friederike Welter, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Read Introduction on Google Books

More Information / Table of Contents
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WWW: www.e-elgar.co.uk

Books/Livres : Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change

Source: Rural Development Institute.
This book focuses on three multi-faceted aspects of rural sustainability: farms and farming, the remaking of rural communities and rural spaces, and policy and action in rural development. The research is focused on three global regions: North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Australia.

Chapters are loosely organized into three Parts around research approaches toward the rural across national contexts. The chapters in Part I emphasize the complexity and dynamics of rural social systems in transition, and divergent perspectives of farmers and farming, food production and change. Part II chapters explore structures and models that help frame and understand the dynamics of rural communities, with applications to specific places and contexts. Finally, Part III chapters emphasize rural action and explore the significance of national policies and local actions to identify and address rural resources and change. Finally, we offer a concluding chapter as an assessment of the future of rural geography across national perspectives.

Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change, editors Dick G. Winchell, Doug Ramsey, Rhonda Koster and Guy M. Robinson
ISBN 978-1-895397-81-9 Price $55.00

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WWW: www2.brandonu.ca/organizations/rdi/index.asp

Books/Livres : Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy

Source: Rural Development Institute.
This volume draws on the work of scholars from across Canada, each dealing with the rural-urban fringe in their own way. Contributors include scholars from Sociology, Geography, Planning, Recreation, Tourism and Rural Development; from senior scholars with decades of experience and younger scholars with new and exciting ideas and perspectives.

Through these diverse contributions the chapters collectively address rural-urban fringe zones in Canada as areas of conflict and controversy.

This book is organized into seven parts: Conceptual Perspectives; Population Change; Agriculture; Recreation and Tourism; Community; Planning and Agriculture; and Planning and Development.

Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy, by Kenneth B. Beesley
ISBN 978-1-895397-82-6 Price $45.00

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WWW: www2.brandonu.ca/organizations/rdi/index.asp

Books/Livres : Country Roads, Memoirs from Rural Canada

Source: Nimbus Publishing.
"Rural people, places, and communities vary greatly in a country as geographically vast and culturally diverse as Canada. For some, the country was a place of happiness and belonging; for others, it was a source of hardship and sorrow."

"For many, it was both. Some writers grew up loving their rural homes, never wanting to leave. Others couldn’t wait to escape to the city. From Victoria, British Columbia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, three generations of Canadians tell their stories of growing up in rural communities in Country Roads. The writers--including journalist Pamela Wallin, NHL coach Brent Sutter, and award-winning authors Sharon Butala and Rudy Wiebe--share one thing in common: they were all country kids whose upbringing profoundly impacted their identities. The thirty-two memoirs in Country Roads are sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, but always engaging."

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WWW: http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/

Livres-E / E-Books: Examens de l'OCDE des politiques rurales: Québec / OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Québec

The text in English follows.
Source: OCDE / OECD.
Dans le Québec rural, en moyenne, la population augmente, le revenu des ménages progresse et le tissu économique continue de se diversifier. L’occupation du territoire y est plus homogène que dans le reste du Canada, compte tenu des réseaux plus denses de petites et moyennes collectivités.

Toutefois, à l’image de la situation nationale, la province affiche d’importantes disparités régionales, et la viabilité de certaines localités rurales, surtout si elles sont difficiles d’accès et tributaires des ressources naturelles, est menacée par le déclin démographique et économique. Aussi le Québec a-t-il élaboré une approche figurant parmi les plus abouties à l’échelle de l’OCDE, qui cadre avec le nouveau paradigme rural (NPR). Sans se limiter à des préoccupations sectorielles, la politique rurale provinciale vise l’autonomisation des collectivités et l’occupation du territoire.

Pour optimiser la rentabilité de ses investissements en matière de politique rurale, le Québec doit intégrer plus résolument le développement social avec le développement économique et entrepreneurial, tout en redoublant d’efforts pour mettre l’échelon supralocal au coeur des stratégies de développement rural et territorial. Des mesures de stabilisation sont aussi à prévoir dans les zones en retard, moyennant l’accumulation de capital humain et un meilleur accès aux terres dans les territoires essentiellement ruraux. Face aux défis environnementaux, il importe de protéger les aménités naturelles dans les espaces périmétropolitains comme dans les zones reculées.

Dans l’ensemble, le cas du Québec peut constituer un exemple pour les décideurs confrontés à des problèmes tels que l’éloignement, la dépendance des collectivités à l’égard des ressources naturelles et le développement des capacités dans les zones rurales. Ce cas intéressera également les universitaires et les étudiants.

Principaux Faits, Principaux Enjeux, Recommandations.

Librairie en Ligne de l'OCDE.

WWW: www.oecd.org

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OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Québec, Canada 2010

OECD's review of rural policy in Quebec. It finds that in rural Québec, both population and personal income are growing, on average, and the province’s economic base continues to diversify. Land occupancy is more homogenous than in the rest of Canada, due to the presence of denser networks of small and medium-sized communities. However, mirroring the situation at the national level, the province displays large regional disparities. The sustainability of some rural communities, especially if remote and resource-based, is challenged by demographic and economic decline. In this context, Québec has developed one of the most advanced rural policy approaches in the OECD, closely in line with the framework suggested in the OECD’s New Rural Paradigm. The province’s rural policy does not have a sectoral focus, and aims at community empowerment and land occupancy.

To maximize returns on its rural policy investments, Québec needs to integrate social development more strongly with economic and entrepreneurial development, and further strengthen the supra-local level of government as the centre for rural and territorial development strategies. This should be combined with stabilisation measures in lagging areas, through the accumulation of human capital and enhanced access to land in predominantly rural territories. To address environmental challenges, natural resources should be protected both in the outskirts of metropolitan zones and in remote areas.

Key Facts, Key Policy issues, Recommendations.

OECD Bookshop.

WWW: www.oecd.org

Books/Livres : Community Economic Development in Atlantic Canada

Source: Publisher.
"The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has created programs with the intention of fostering economic opportunities for the region. There are numerous instances where its programs have not identified the essential needs of a community".

"Community members must also be actively involved in their economic development through participation in local organizations to ensure community needs are met. The question then arises, are community needs adequately taken into account when ACOA creates its programs? Posing this question led to this specific study which evaluates ACOA?s community economic development programs (CED). One of its programs is to support two types of local agents, Community Business Development Corporations (CBDC) and Regional Economic Development Organizations (REDO). By surveying them we are able to realize how the federal agency interacts with the local agents to identify community priorities and whether financial needs are met. The findings of this survey should raise some awareness among the various participants involved in CED in Atlantic Canada as well as anywhere else."

Book title: Community Economic Development in Atlantic Canada: An Evaluation of the Relationship between Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and its Partnering Agents
Author: Mark Fakhri
Book information.

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (March 5, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3639236629
ISBN-13: 978-3639236620

Books/Livres : The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place in a Global Economy

Source: Community Development Institute, UNBC.
"The Next Rural Economies brings together rural and small-town scholars from seven OECD countries to present essays on the possible future of rural development."

"Past approaches to rural development have tended to focus on the "space economy," implying attention to comparative advantages, natural-resource endowments, and development strategies that sought mainly to overcome the cost of distance. Through the cumulative efforts of rural development practitioners and researchers, this space-based approach is being challenged and complemented by a recognition of the growing importance of "place-based economies." A place-based approach to rural development means that the unique attributes and assets of individual communities and regions now underscore their attractiveness for particular and contextually appropriate types of activities and investments."

Edited by Greg Halseth, Sean Markey and David Bruce.
CABI International: Oxfordshire, UK, 2010

Introductory Chapter

Book Table of Contents

Order Form


WWW: www.unbc.ca/cdi

Book/Livre : Community Capacity Building, Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED), November 2009

Source: OECD.
Community capacity building (CCB) is a fairly new term for an age-old good: enabling people to define their own destinies. This book presents and analyses some of the most interesting recent developments in the field of community capacity building, in a variety of OECD and non-OECD countries.

The focus is on how CCB has effected change in three major areas: social policy ; local economic policy; and environmental policy.

Online Bookshop.

Book/Livre : International Migration and Rural Areas, Cross-National Comparative Perspectives, October 2009

Source: Ashgate.
"While immigrants are still predominantly choosing urban areas to locate to, there is now increasing evidence of immigration to rural areas which poses its own challenges for those relocating, from the scarcity of high quality jobs to the provision of public and private services."

"Addressing the shortcomings in current research, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national, comparative, global perspective. It draws lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts, including Canada, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Greece and Russia."

The book is edited by Birgit Jentsch, Ionad Nàiseanta na h-Imrich (National Centre for Migration Studies), Scotland and Myriam Simard, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada

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