Rethinking Rural (Paperback)

Don E. Albrecht

ISBN 10: 0874223199 / ISBN 13: 9780874223194

Editore: Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA, 2014

Riguardo questo articolo

Paperback. The vastness and isolation of the American West forged a dependence on scarce natural resources--especially water, forests, fish, and minerals. The small towns clustered near these assets were often self-sufficient and culturally distinct. By 1941, mass media, as well as improved transportation and infrastructure, propelled these sequestered settlements into the mass society era. Today, the internet is shaping another revolution, and it promises both obstacles and opportunity. Some formerly prosperous communities struggle to survive, while others attempt to cope with unprecedented growth.Seeking to understand the impact of a global society on western small towns, the author, director of the Western Rural Development Center at Utah State University, conducted strategic planning roundtables in thirteen states. The gatherings brought three major concerns to the surface: sustaining natural resources, creating vibrant rural economies, and enhancing educational and employment prospects. Rethinking Rural summarizes characteristics of the isolation, mass society, and global society eras, provides an overview of western environmental history, and explores the significant challenges identified during the forum discussions. More importantly, it offers guidance to community leaders, policy makers, and scholars seeking ways to address poverty, increasing inequality, and shifting demographics, as well as resource management and conservation issues. With an eye toward the West, Rethinking Rural author Don E. Albrecht reviews characteristics of isolation, mass society, and global society eras, provides an overview of environmental history, explores current challenges, and offers guidance to leaders seeking solutions to poverty, increasing inequality, changing demographics, and resource management and conservation issues. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Codice articolo 9780874223194

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Rethinking Rural (Paperback)
• Editore: Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0874223199
• ISBN 13: 9780874223194
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

The vastness and isolation of the American West forged a dependence on scarce natural resources—especially water, forests, fish, and minerals. Today, the internet is shaping another revolution, and it promises both obstacles and opportunity.Rethinking Rural summarizes characteristics of isolation, mass society, and global society eras, provides an overview of western environmental history, explores the significant challenges identified during the forum discussions, and offers guidance to community leaders, policy makers, and scholars seeking ways to address poverty, increasing inequality, changing demographics, resource management, and conservation issues.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

The vastness and isolation of the American West forged a dependence on scarce natural resources--especially water, forests, fish, and minerals. The small towns clustered near these assets were often self-sufficient and culturally distinct. By 1941, mass media, as well as improved transportation and infrastructure, propelled these sequestered settlements into the mass society era.

Today, the internet is shaping another revolution, and it promises both obstacles and opportunity. Some formerly prosperous communities struggle to survive, while others attempt to cope with unprecedented growth.

Seeking to understand the impact of a global society on western small towns, the author, director of the Western Rural Development Center at Utah State University, conducted strategic planning roundtables in thirteen states. The gatherings brought three major concerns to the surface: sustaining natural resources, creating vibrant rural economies, and enhancing educational and employment prospects.

Rethinking Rural summarizes characteristics of the isolation, mass society, and global society eras, and provides an overview of western environmental history. It also explores the significant challenges identified during the forum discussions. More importantly, it offers guidance to community leaders, policy makers, and scholars seeking ways to address common issues--poverty, increasing inequality, and shifting demographics, as well as resource management and conservation.

[Rethinking Rural makes] a strong argument for new strategies in the current Global Society era. --Lorie Higgins, Ph.D., Extension Specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Idaho