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Les interactions entre sociétés humaines et environnement constituent un défi majeur pour l’avenir de la planète. Les conférences internationales (Rio, Kyoto, Johannesburg, etc.) montrent toute l’ambiguïté et tous les enjeux économiques et politiques nationaux qui s’y expriment. Dans ce contexte hautement politique, comment créer des convergences qui répondent aux besoins des populations et à une gestion environnementale appropriée ? C’est bien là toute la difficulté du développement durable. L’une des réponses qu’apporte ce livre passe par la nécessité de renouveler en profondeur les problématiques scientifiques et par l’importance de développer des études au niveau local ; car c’est là où se trouvent confrontées les stratégies des sociétés et les réponses qu’elles apportent aux multiples contraintes auxquelles elles ont à faire face. Connaître et faire connaître, dans les processus de prise de décision, les capacités d’adaptation et d’innovation des sociétés locales, cerner de nouveaux modes de régulation pour l’usage des ressources naturelles, proposer des stratégies alternatives de développement durable : tels sont les enjeux fondamentaux des études développées dans ce livre, à partir d’exemples contrastés pris dans la zone bioclimatique méditerranéenne.

Agriculture and state --- Agricultural ecology --- Rural development --- Politique agricole --- Ecologie agricole --- Développement rural --- Environmental aspects --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Rural Groups --- Développement rural --- système agraire --- Chili --- Tunisie --- forêt --- développement rural --- dynamique de population --- exploitation agricole familiale --- agroforesterie --- zone aride --- milieu naturel --- Sénégal --- population rurale --- zone semi-aride --- Maghreb --- gestion de l’environnement --- analyse spatiale

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The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had observed that many rural areas displayed a blend of rural and urban features. Since then, counterurbanisation, urban sprawl and ever-increasing flows of people, goods and ideas between rural and urban areas have blurred the distinctions even further. Attempts to create new rural-urban classification systems, whether based on factors such as population size, density or distances, have largely failed. Clearly, new classification systems must use the meaning of observed changes in rural-urban systems as their point of departure rather than simple measurements of these changes. These meanings can, despite the interdependencies of our global world, be explored only in their political, cultural and economic settings.

Agriculture and state. --- Farmers. --- Forest management. --- Foresters. --- Forests and forestry -- Social aspects. --- Rural-urban relations. --- Communities - Rural Groups --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Forests and forestry --- Social aspects. --- Agrarian question --- Agricultural policy --- Agriculture --- State and agriculture --- Farm operators --- Operators, Farm --- Planters (Persons) --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Rural-urban interaction --- Urban-rural interaction --- Urban-rural relations --- Society and forests and forestry --- Government policy --- Management --- Administration --- Economic policy --- Land reform --- Agriculturists --- Rural population --- Arborists --- Police, Rural --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Social forestry programs --- Control --- Rural-urban relations --- Rural planning. --- Rural communities. --- Social Science --- Sociology --- Rural.

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This volume is a cogent empirical analysis of the interplay between a region’s natural amenities and its socioeconomic  evolution. It focuses on the rural sectors of America’s Intermountain West region, which lies between the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east. Coherently structured and meticulously detailed, it adds much to our understanding of the ways an area’s forests, lakes, mountains, parkland and historic attractions affect residents’ sense of well-being as well as the sociodemographic and economic changes they experience. The book examines patterns of growth and change linked to the emergence of ‘New West’ conditions, assessing their implications for the wider community as well as discussing the impact these trends could have on the consumption of natural resources. It also points to ways in which communities and their development can be managed sustainably.   The tight geographical focus of this valuable resource ensures a depth of analysis which can be applied to similar regions worldwide. Based on a large-scale, random-sample survey of both full-time and seasonal residents, it provides a much-needed overview of the macro-level economic, demographic, and social transformations affecting rural communities in America. As such, the book has relevance for all researchers concerned with rural development, the changes impacting rural landscapes, and natural resource management.

Plant ecology -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain. --- Plants. --- Social change. --- United States -- Rural conditions. --- Sociology, Rural --- Rural development --- Natural areas --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Rural Groups --- Ecology --- Social Conditions --- Social aspects --- Rural development. --- Sociology, Rural. --- Rural sociology --- Community development, Rural --- Development, Rural --- Integrated rural development --- Regional development --- Rehabilitation, Rural --- Rural community development --- Rural economic development --- Citizen participation --- Life sciences. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Landscape ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Social sciences. --- Human geography. --- Life Sciences. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Environmental Management. --- Human Geography. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Government policy --- Sociology --- Agriculture and state --- Community development --- Economic development --- West (U.S.) --- United States --- United States, West. --- Rural conditions. --- American West --- Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) --- United States, West --- Western States (U.S.) --- Western United States --- Basin and Range Province --- Intermontane region --- Intermountain Region --- Intermountain West --- United States, Western