Ian Hodge, Martin Whitby

Rural Employment (eBook, ePUB)

Trends, Options, Choices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1981, the main thesis of this book is that rural labour markets are at the core of the problem of rural depopulation in development countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040093481
• Artikelnr.: 72273365

Autorenporträt

Ian Hodge is Emeritus Professor of Rural Economy and Life Fellow of Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge. He came to Cambridge in 1983 and retired in 2019. Prior to Cambridge he lectured at the Universities of Newcastle and Queensland. He was Head of Department of Land Economy, 2002-2011 and President of the Agricultural Economics Society in 2007. He has research interests in the areas of rural environmental governance, property institutions, rural development and land use.

Martin Whitby (1933-2017) was Emeritus Professor of Countryside Management at the University of Newcastle, having established the first undergraduate degree in Countryside Management at the University with Caroline Saunders.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Rural Development: Problems and Policies 1. Introduction 2.
Demographic Change 3. Priorities and Objectives of Policy Part 2: Rural
Employment: Actual and Potential 4. Agriculture 5. Forestry 6. Recreation
and Tourism 7. Rural Industrialization 8. Employment in the Service Sector.
Conclusion to Part 2. Part 3: Rural Employment Creation: Assessment,
Planning and Implementation 9. Characteristics and Impact of Employment
Creation 10. The Evaluation of Projects 11. An Assessment of Employment
Creation in the Eastern Borders 12. Assessing Options for the Future of
Poverdale 13. A Regional Approach to Employment Planning 14. The
Implementation of Rural Employment Initiatives 15. Concluding Review