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Processes of countryside change in lowland England
Abstract After a period in which academic interest has been confined to documenting the pattern of countryside change, interest is beginning to focus on understanding the decision-making processes which underlie it. This comes at a time of potentially rapid policy change for European agriculture and rural land use, when it is essential that the behaviour of farmers as change agents and policy operatives is fully understood. However, a lack of empirical work means that the process of change ‘from below’ is still under-researched. This paper reports on a farm survey conducted in lowland England which examines farmers' investment decisions in land improvement and landscape maintenance. Countryside change is found to be both ‘determined’ by policy, institutional and family influences and ‘intentioned’ by the farmer acting as a problem-solving individual. The survey discriminates different investment styles which can usefully express this interactive relationship.
Processes of countryside change in lowland England
Abstract After a period in which academic interest has been confined to documenting the pattern of countryside change, interest is beginning to focus on understanding the decision-making processes which underlie it. This comes at a time of potentially rapid policy change for European agriculture and rural land use, when it is essential that the behaviour of farmers as change agents and policy operatives is fully understood. However, a lack of empirical work means that the process of change ‘from below’ is still under-researched. This paper reports on a farm survey conducted in lowland England which examines farmers' investment decisions in land improvement and landscape maintenance. Countryside change is found to be both ‘determined’ by policy, institutional and family influences and ‘intentioned’ by the farmer acting as a problem-solving individual. The survey discriminates different investment styles which can usefully express this interactive relationship.
Processes of countryside change in lowland England
Potter, Clive (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 2 ; 187-195
1986-01-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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