1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778074603321

Titolo

Beyond the rural-urban divide [[electronic resource] ] : cross-continental perspectives on the differentiated countryside and its regulation / / edited by Kjell Andersson ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England, : Emerald, 2009

ISBN

1-280-77100-3

9786613681775

1-84855-139-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Research in rural sociology and development, , 1057-1922 ; ; v. 14

Altri autori (Persone)

AnderssonKjell, Ph. D.

Disciplina

307.72

Soggetti

Rural-urban relations - Europe

Forests and forestry - Social aspects

Forest management

Foresters

Farmers

Agriculture and state

Rural planning

Rural communities

Social Science - Sociology - Rural

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: beyond the rural-urban divide / Kjell Andersson ... [et al.] -- The emerging shortage of labour in forestry in a remote coniferous region: a brake on the massive use of biofuels / Olli Lehtonen and Markku Tykkyläinen -- From suburbia to rural backwater: exurban rural development in Germany / Florian Dünkmann -- Why did Russia fail in its agricultural reform? A comparative analysis of property rights in Russia and the Baltic countries / Ilkka Alanen -- The future of rural communities in Bulgaria / Eckhard Dittrich and Rumiana Jeleva -- Perceptions of agriculture's multifunctional role among rural Pennsylvanians / Martin H. Lenihan, Kathryn J. Brasier and Richard C. Stedman -- Understanding the sociocultural processes that contribute



to diversity and conformity among farmers in Australia, Finland and the Netherlands / Frank Vanclay and Tiina Silvasti -- Rural-urban relations in livelihoods, governance and use of natural resources-considerations of fisheries in the Finnish Archipelago Sea region / Pekka Salmi -- Regimes and vital coalitions in rural-urban regions in the Netherlands / Ina Horlings, Pieter Tops and Julien van Ostaaijen -- Overcoming jurisdictional boundaries through stakeholder engagement and collaborative governance: lessons learned from white-tailed deer management in the U.S. / Kirsten M. Leong ... [et al.] -- Managing spatial change in the rural-urban fringe: the role of active citizenship and civil society in the Republic of Ireland / Mark Scott, Paula Russell and Declan Redmond -- Challenges of governance and land management on the exurban/wilderness frontier in the USA / Heidi E. Kretser ... [et al.] -- Knowledge integration and power relations: pathways to sustainability in Madrid / Veronica Hernandez-Jimenez and Nick Winder -- Finnish and Hungarian joint initiative in and for the information society: on the pleasure and pain of mediating in cyberspace / Sarolta Németh.

Sommario/riassunto

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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139561403321

Autore

Prins Corien <1961->

Titolo

iGovernment / / Corien Prins [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-33444-5

9786613334442

9789048512980

9789089643940

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

WRR

Altri autori (Persone)

PrinsC (Corien)

Disciplina

352.3802854678

Soggetti

Public administration - Information resources management

Technology and state

Information technology - Government policy

Internet in public administration

Electronic government information

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Introduction and context. 1. Digitizing the citizen and government ; Analytical framework: information, actors and principles -- Part II: Empirical analysis. 3. Managing egovernment ; 4. From policy to reality ; 5. Exchange without borders ; 6. Market masters and mastering the market ; 7. Supervisors of egovernment -- Part III: Analysis and recommendations. 8. Igovernment ; 9. Recommendations: working on igovernment -- Afterword: igovernment and isociety -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- References -- List of interviewees.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this incisive study explore the problems of the ongoing digitization of government, such as the creeping loss of data quality, and how citizens and officials must respond to these complications in the coming years. The iGovernment is running full speed on information networks and digitization, but it is also seriously out of step with existing bureaucracies. <i>iGovernment</i> offers an accurate picture of how the digital technologies are shaping modern governments, and also a powerful corrective for the dissonance



between technology and organizational management. 'This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and scholars seeking to understand the possibilities, dilemmas, and challenges of bringing the Internet and related technologies to center stage in government and public services' Helen Margetts, University of Oxford.