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1 The Sustainability of Rural Systems

2 The GeoJournal Library Volume 66 Managing Editor: Max Barlow, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Founding Series Editor: Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany Editorial Board: Paul Claval, France R.G. Crane, U.S.A. Yehuda Gradus, Israel Risto Laulajainen, Sweden Gerd Li.ittig, Germany Walther Manshard, Germany Osamu Nishikawa, Japan Peter Tyson, South Africa Herman van derwusten, The Netherlands The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

3 The Sustainability of Rural Systems Geographical Interpretations A Study Initiated by the International Geographical Union's Commission on The Sustainability of Rural Systems edited by I.A. BOWLER Department of Geography. University of Leicester, United Kingdom C.R. BRYANT Departement de Geographie, Universite de Montreal, Canada and C. COCKLIN Department of Geography. Monash University, Australia SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

4 A C.l. P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved 2002 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2002 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.

5 Table of Contents Preface List of Contributors xi xiii 1. Introduction C. Cocklin, I. Bowler and C. Bryant 1.1 Change and transition in the countryside 1.2 Rural systems and sustainability 1.3 Confronting the challenge Part 1: Interpreting sustainability 2. Developing indicators of 'sustainability' 13 W.Smith 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Why is it so hard to establish good indicators? 2.3 Components of sustainability 2.4 Indicators and decision making for sustainability 2.5 Collecting data for indicators of sustainability 2.6 Looking for frameworks for indicators 2. 7 From concept to action on sustainability 2. 8 A critical review 2.9 Human needs, social capital and science 2.10 Conclusion 3. Nature, society and sustainability G M. Robinson 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Defining sustainable development 3.3 Sustainability, nature and development 3. 4 Malthus, Marx and sustainability 3.5 'Green' movements and sustainability 3.6 Environmental 'citizenship' and sustainable rural development: a case study of Canada's Atlantic Coastal Action Programme 3. 7 Conclusion v

6 vi 4. The 'wild', the market and the native: indigenous issues in wildlife utilisation and management 59 M. Langton 4.1 Introduction A new global market: the 'wild', the native and the market The role of indigenous people in biodiversity conservation Arguments about indigenous use of wildlife and sustainability Reconceptualising indigenous relationships with the natural world Indigenous responses to the pressures of development Recognition of traditional resource rights and sustainability Conclusion 78 Part II: Globalisation, restructuring and sustainability 5. Globalisation, food regimes and rural networks 81 R. LeHeron 5.1 Introduction Food regimes, food chains and networking Situated networking and learning challenges: New Zealand examples Conclusion Restructuring, regulation and sustainability 97 N. Lewis, W. Moran and C. Cocklin 6.1 Introduction Regulation Re-regulation and restructuring Resiting and rescaling ofregulation Restructuring and sustainability Sustainability and restructuring: beyond the environmental impulse 'Institutional thickness' and social sustainability Governance 109

7 vii 6.9 Governance and sustainability in the New Zealand \\'ine industry Conclusion Enterprises and commodity chains 123 M. Troughton 7.1 Introduction 7.2 From subsistence to commercial agriculture 7.3 The development of agribusiness 7.4 Responses and alternatives 7.5 Conclusion: the question of sustainability Part III: Environmental imperatives 8. Conservation and sustainability 147 M. Tilzey 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Principles and concepts 8.3 The dynamics of conservation in the modem era 8.4 The preservationist phase 8. 5 The regulatory phase 8.6 Post-materialist and sustainability phases 8. 7 Conclusion 9. Sustainable farming systems I. Bowler 9.1 Introduction The limits to sustainable development in productivist agriculture Emergent features of sustainable agriculture? Developing sustainable farming systems Conclusion Planning for sustainable rural land use systems 189 H. vanlier 10.1 Introduction 189

8 viii 10.2 Land-use planning and sustainability 10.3 The need for land-use planning 10.4 Spatial concepts 10.5 An elaborated example of the ecological network 10.6 Conclusion Part IV: Rurality, community and development 11. Rural population and services 211 A. Joseph 11.1 Introduction Long cycles of change Short cycles of change The nua1 elderly in the open society Conclusion: prospects for the sustainability of nua1 communities and lifestyles Sustainable rural communities and nua1 development 225 REpps 12.1 Introduction Globalisation, technological change and nua1 communities The circumstances facing towns and regional centres Enhancing the sustainability of nua1 communities: economic growth theory Theories ofnual and regional economic growth Government policy approaches to stimulating nua1 economies Ecological theory and the stability of nua1 businesses Linkages to the urban-industrial complex Urban-nual migration New firm establishment Conclusion Urban and nua1 interactions and nua1 community renewal 247 C. Bryant 13.1 Introduction 247

9 ix 13.2 An actor-based framework for analysing rural community sustainability Urban and rural interactions Sustainable communities Rural community renewal and sustainability Conclusion Conclusion 271 C. Bryant, I. Bowler and C. Cocklin Index 275

10 Preface The origins of this book lie in the research promoted by the International Geographical Union's (IGU) Commission on 'The Sustainability of Rural Systems' since Established first as a Study Group of the IGU, the Commission subsequently developed a programme of annual international and regional conferences, with each of the proceedings published in book form ( rural systems). Although drawing researchers mainly from rural geography, the Commission has attracted academics and practitioners interested in rural sustainability from planning, resource management, administration, politics and information technology. The content of this book comprises specially commissioned chapters tbat reflect the theoretical and empirical knowledge developed by the research community surrounding the Commission, but mainly in relation to rural systems in developed countries. I.R Bowler C.R Bryant C. Cocklin August, 2001 Leicester xi

11 List of Contributon Professor Ian Bowler, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, United Kingdom. Professor Christopher Bryant, Departement de Geography, Universite de Montreal, Montreal H3C 317, Canada. Professor Christopher Cocklin, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Austmlia Dr. Roger Epps, Department of Geography and Planning, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Austmlia Professor Alun Joseph, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada Professor Marcia Langton, School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Professor Richard Le Heron, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. Nick Lewis, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Professor Hubert van Lier, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, De Hucht, Gen. Foulkesweg 13, 6703 BJ, Wageningen, Netherlands. Professor Warren Moran, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Professor Guy Robinson, School of Geography, Kingston University, Kingston-upon Thames, Surrey KTI 2EE, United Kingdom. Professor William Smith, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Dr. Mark 1ilzey, Environment Department, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, United Kingdom. Professor Michael Troughton, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada xiii

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