Sustainable Rural Futures

• Other Authors: McDonagh, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Education; family farm; ageing farmers; retirement; succession; emotions; decision making; belonging; respect; rural sustainability; Northern Ireland; multi-scale scenarios; participatory scenario planning; social-ecological system; poverty alleviation; land use change; nature's contributions to people; Mozambique; organics; viability farm collaboration; rural exodus; rural livelihood; rural migration; rural youth; generational renewal; sustainability; education; Hungary; access to land; farming traditions; older farmers; wellbeing; identity; social gerontology; age-friendly environments; innovation; rural development; quality of life; migration balance; Eastern Moravia; cross-border projects; smallholder farmer; input sourcing; Tanzania; poverty reduction; grounded theory; rural agriculture; Special Areas of Conservation; designation; results-based payments; farmer participation; n/a
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book focuses on the contemporary challenges faced by rural areas across the globe. These include common efforts to address food production and security; engaging with climate change and the fundamental transformations in everyday practices that this requires; the exodus of young people from rural areas; an ageing farming population; and the growth of rural poverty. The common goal throughout is one of exploring ways in which environmental, economic and social goals need to be addressed in a cohesive way while being cognizant of the diversity of people, environments, economies and traditions that exist across rural space.