Suchergebnisse

economic liberalization, commercialization, urbanization, political instability, natural disasters, mechanization of agriculture, decreased agriculture, migration of men to urban areas, and occupational health hazards such as prolonged hours of physical labour resulting in musculo-skeletal injuries, pesticide poisoning also make the life of rural women miserable. True, there are policies and programmes of central and state government to alleviate their problems but they are proportionately insufficient and their execution far from satisfactory. Much needs to be done in disseminating gender segregated data and gender bias in all aspects of agriculture, access to resources including land and natural resources, drudgery reduction, assuring nutritional security, diversification of activities of Self Health Groups and Street Shakti groups with emphasis on productivity including post harvest.

Rural areas are recognised for their complex, multi-functional capacities with a range of different interest groups claiming their rights to, and use of, different rural spaces. The current rural development paradigm that is evident across the globe is epitomised by the European LEADER approach. Using evidence from the proposed National Park in Northern Ireland, we ask the question: what is the potential of sustainable rural tourism to contribute to rural development? Within our analysis we consider the scope for adaptive tourism to overcome some of the ongoing challenges that have been identified within the LEADER approach. Four themes are revealed from this analysis: institutional (in)capacity; legitimacy of local groups; navigating between stakeholder interests; and sustainable tourism in practice. These issues, discussed in turn, have clear implications for the new rural development programme.

Kleine Städte haben wichtige Aufgaben für ihr Umland oder Region zu übernehmen. Aber gerade solchen Orten fehlt es an attraktiven Arbeitsplätzen im Rahmen der Globalisierung die Bevölkerung ist überaltert, weil aktive Menschen den modernen Arbeitsplätzen nachziehen, die Verkehrsinfrastruktur lässt mitunter zu wünschen übrig usw. Das Thema wird zweistufig behandelt: in Arbeitsgruppen und mit Berichten aus den Arbeitsgruppen, die noch mit Statements ergänzt werden: "Städte als Orte zum Leben", "Städte als Impulsgeber der Regionalentwicklung" und "Städte als wichtiger Baustein der Kulturlandschaft".

Symposium zur Landwirtschaftspolitik an der University of Zimbabwe. In 27 Einzelreferaten werden Strategien ländlicher Entwicklung vorgestellt, Bedarfsanalysen für Simbabwe erörtert und Erfahrungen aus diesem Bereich aus Swasiland, Botsuana und Sambia dargestellt