Environment and Rural Development

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Rural development: meaning and practice. 2. Recreation and rural development. 3. U.S. national parks and economic development. 4. National parks and adjacent communities. 5. Three national parks of the Pacific north-west. 6. Park planning beyond park boundaries. 7. National parks and rural development in Alaska. 8. Challenges of urbanization. 9. Yellowstone national park and the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. 10. Relationships between national parks and neighboring social-biological regions. 11. The functions of national parks in rural development. 12. Saving all the parts. 13. An international perspective to national parks and rural development. Index.

"Environmental considerations are vital to all the schemes of rural development. The factors like desertification, deforestation, soil erosion and global warming are all affecting the strategies and methods of rural development to a great extent. The mining operations in some areas have affected the lives of rural people very adversely. The economic, political and social development politicies and strategies of rural development are closely linked to environment." (jacket)