edited by Floor Brouwer and C. Martijn van der Heide.
Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2009.
1 online resource (xxiii, 360 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Natural Resource Management: Globalization and Regional Integration; Introduction; Theoretical background: the role that economics can play in policies for multifunctional rural land management; Key objectives and structure of the book; Notes; References; PART I Setting the Stage: Challenges and Reviews; Chapter 2 The Biodiversity Policy Context of Multifunctional Rural Land Management.
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The increasing demand for rural land and its natural resources is creating competition and conflicts. Many interested parties, including farmers, nature conservationists, rural residents and tourists, compete for the same space. Especially in densely populated areas, agriculture, recreation, urban and suburban growth and infrastructure development exert a constant pressure on rural areas. Because land is a finite resource, spatial policies which are formulated and implemented to increase the area allocated to one use imply a decrease in land available for other uses. As a result, at many locat.