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Revitalising Rural Communities / by Jessica M. Williams, Vivian Chu, Wai-Fung Lam, Winnie W.Y. Law.
Springer Nature - Springer Earth and Environmental Science eBooks 2021 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Jessica M., author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development, 2196-7849
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental sciences--Social aspects.
- Environmental sciences.
- Human geography.
- Cultural geography.
- Cultural property.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Social and Cultural Geography.
- Cultural Heritage.
- Urban Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Social and Cultural Geography.
- Cultural Heritage.
- Urban Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated through implementing a rural revitalisation project in Hong Kong since 2013, the book provides an in-depth analysis of a case study along with related concepts from the literature. In particular, the concept of rural resilience is broken down and used to examine how communities at the urban-rural interface can leverage their position and connections to (re)create vibrant sustainable communities. The revitalisation project was showcased in the databases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Equator Initiative and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) as well as achieving Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020. This book teases out the key issues in the process of revitalising a rural community in the peri-urban context and examines the complexities embedded in each issue and how they can be addressed in the quest for rural sustainability.
- Contents:
- Chapter 01 Rural Sustainability: challenges and opportunities
- Chapter 02 Case study: Rural revitalization in Hong Kong
- Chapter 03 Rural Sustainability: six core dimensions
- Chapter 04 Conclusion and the future of rural communities.
- ISBN:
- 981-16-5824-2
- OCLC:
- 1274057596
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