As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues of conceptualization and use emerge. This is particularly true at the intersection of community deve...Lasīt vairāk
As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues of conceptualization and use emerge. This is particularly true at the intersection of community deve...Lasīt vairāk
Written by an impressive team of senior scholars in many fields, including agriculture, economics, and sociology, the entries of this A-Z encyclopedia address a wide range of topics and their importance in rural America. The entries are detailed, and...Lasīt vairāk
A two-volume reference of American rural life. Contains 230-plus alphabetically arranged entries on topics ranging from agriculture, the arts, business and economics, the environment, health and medicine, humanities, policy issues, and social science...Lasīt vairāk
Key references are included from before 1975, but the focus is on 1975 to 1991 the years in which LISA (low-input, sustainable agriculture) gained its greatest momentum. LISA is defined broadly to include a wide variety of agricultural approaches. So...Lasīt vairāk