Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society

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Contents: Preface Introduction: natural resource management for rural sustainable development, Karl Bruckmeier and Hilary Tovey Part I Diversification and Innovation in Rural Development: UK: sustainable livelihoods on the island of Skye, Hilary Talbot, Lorna Dargan and Mark Shucksmith Sweden: the non-agricultural rural economy as a component of rural sustainable development, Karl Bruckmeier and Christina HA j Larsen Poland: diversification and different contexts of knowledge a the case of Polish rural areas, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula, Andrzej Pilichowski and Pawel Starosta Czech Republic: regional disparities and their influence on sustainable rural development a a comparison of 2 different regions, Vera MajerovA! Hungary: nature and culture a resource management and knowledge use in a Hungarian micro-region, Bernadett CsurgA^3, Imre KovA!ch and BoldizsA!r Megyesi Italy: practical knowledge and institutional mediation in a controversial case of clam farming, Giorgio Osti and Francesco Silvestri. Part II Environment and Sustainability in Rural Development: Ireland: ecologizing rural Ireland? Conflicts and contradictions regarding knowledge for sustainable development, Hilary Tovey Norway: interpretations of sustainability related to designated areas, Karoline Daugstad Germany: nature conservation and bio-diversity in the Northeast, Rosemarie Siebert and Lutz Laschewski Poland: designing nature and resource management strategies, Krzysztof Gorlach, Tomasz Adamski and Marta Klekotko Portugal: natural resources, sustainability and rural development, Isabel Rodrigo and JosA(c) Ferragolo da Viega Greece: knowledge forms and sustainable management of natural resources in Lake Plastiras, Charalambos Kasimis, Alex Koutsouris, Constantinos Liarikos and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos. Part III Comparison and Synthesis of CORASON Case Studies: Innovation in rural development and rural sustainable development, Hilary Tovey, Karl Bruckmeier and Robert Mooney Conclusion: beyond the policy process: conditions for rural sustainable development in European countries, Karl Bruckmeier and Hilary Tovey Index.