The Governance of the Countryside
Property, Planning and Policy

An institutional analysis of environmental planning and management of the rural environment and of the delivery of ecosystem services.

Ian Hodge (Author)

9780521623964, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 February 2016

392 pages, 75 b/w illus. 32 tables
25.4 x 18 x 2.1 cm, 0.92 kg

Conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity, changing patterns in land use, pollution, climate change, public access and increasing demands for food and energy security lead to the creation of policies designed to reconcile interests and promote society's objectives. This book examines the origins and evolution of the institutions that determine the use and management of land and the delivery of ecosystem services, through private property rights, markets and public policies. Divided into five accessible parts, the book provides detailed coverage of the institutions, property and governance of the countryside, historical models, governance under sectoral policies and alternative approaches. It is carefully developed to meet the needs of anyone studying or interested in agricultural sciences, countryside management, rural environment and geography. Students, lecturers, policy makers, managers and consultants in these areas will find this a valuable resource.

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. The place of the countryside
2. Institutions, property and governance
3. Institutions in the countryside
Part II. Historical Models: 4. Co-operation for production: common fields and enclosure
5. Delivering diversity: the great estates and the management of the land
Part III. Governance under Sectoral Policies: 6. Agricultural policies, farming and the environment
7. Land, development and planning
8. Protected areas: the example of National Parks
9. Wildlife conservation: National Nature Reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and large-scale conservation areas
10. Public rights of way and access to the countryside
11. The control of agricultural pollution
12. The development of agri-environment policy
Part IV. Alternative Approaches to Governance: 13. Reconstituting markets
14. Co-ordination, co-operation and collective action
15. Public land ownership
Part V. Conclusions: 16. Conclusions: ecosystem governance and resilient countrysides
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]