TY - BOOK ID - 8209445 TI - Territorial governance : local development, rural areas and agrofood systems AU - Torre, Andre. AU - Traversac, Jean-Baptiste. PY - 2011 SN - 3790829501 3790824216 3790824224 PB - Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Cities and towns -- Cross-cultural studies. KW - Metropolitan areas -- Cross-cultural studies. KW - Regionalism -- European Union countries. KW - Sociology. KW - Urban economics. KW - Management KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Business & Economics KW - Social Sciences KW - Management Theory KW - Communities - Urban Groups KW - Economic History KW - Agricultural industries KW - Food KW - Marketing. KW - Agribusiness KW - Regional economics. KW - Spatial economics. KW - Economics. KW - Regional/Spatial Science. KW - Industries KW - Economics KW - Regional planning KW - Regionalism KW - Space in economics KW - Spatial economics KW - Regional economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8209445 AB - This work aims to present the most recent developments regarding territorial governance, placing particular emphasis on rural and periurban areas. The reader will find information on the processes of development of European regions, as well as on the behaviours and strategies adopted by the different actors who live in these territories and contribute to the latter's livelihood. The first part of the book analyses the structural changes in the modes of production that have affected these territories. The second part addresses the questions of methodology and of the structures of governance of local development in rural areas. The last section makes an assessment of the geographical indications as tools of governance of local agrifood chains. The book was written by economists, geographers, land use planners and specialists of the questions of governance and management of rural and periurban areas. ER -