Rethinking rural : global community and economic development in the small town West
Title:
Rethinking rural : global community and economic development in the small town West
Author:
Summary:
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. 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 provides an overview of western environmental history and explores the roundtable challenges, offering 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.
Contents:
Introduction -- The rural West in the isolation era -- The rural West in the mass society era -- Federal lands -- Western water -- Western energy -- Biodiversity: rangelands, forests, and minerals -- Improving employment opportunities through place-based economic development -- Place-based rural development among the West's most vulnerable communities -- Enhancing human capacity through people-based economic development -- People-based rural development among the West's most vulnerable communities -- Conclusions and policy recommendations.
Physical Description:
232 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher:
WSU Press, Washington State University Press,
Publication Date:
2014
ISBN:
9780874223194
Publication Information:
Pullman, Washington : WSU Press, Washington State University Press, [2014]
Call Number:
307.1 ALBRECH