Globalisation and agricultural landscapes : change patterns and policy trends in developed countries /
Globalisation & Agricultural Landscapes
edited by Jørgen Primdahl, Simon Swaffield.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Cambridge studies in landscape ecology .
- Cambridge studies in landscape ecology. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Globalisation and the sustainability of agricultural landscapes -- Agricultural liberalisation, multifunctionality and the WTO : competing agendas for the future of farmed landscapes -- Globalisation of agricultural landscapes : a land systems approach -- Agricultural landscape changes through globalisation and biodiversity effects -- Swiss agricultural policy reform : landscape changes in consequence of national agricultural policy and international competition pressure -- Local landscape consequences of macro-scale policy reform : the New Zealand experiment -- Rural landscape differentiation in the face of changing demands and policies a typology of rural areas in Portugal -- Globalisation and the local agricultural landscape : current change patterns and public interventions -- From totalitarian to democratic landscapes : the transition in estonia -- Rural landscape change as a product of US federal policy -- Restoring agricultural landscapes in shrinking cities : re-inventing traditional concepts in Japanese planning -- Globalisation and local agricultural landscape patterns of change, policy dilemmas and research questions.
Whilst agricultural landscapes are products of the local ecosystem and community in which they are situated, they are becoming increasingly affected by the same global issues, and are converging under the dynamics of globalisation. Combining landscape ecological research and an examination of relevant public policy, this book investigates the dynamic relationship between agricultural landscapes and the global change processes, such as urbanisation, by which they are being transformed. Landscape change is analysed in the context of biophysical patterns, market dynamics, and specific public policy frameworks, through a series of case studies from different OECD countries spanning Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. Particular emphasis is placed upon the way that landscapes are changing under differing policies of agricultural subsidy including the EU Common Agricultural Policy. This is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers in landscape ecology and agriculture as well as policy analysts working in the agricultural sector.