A Living Countryside?

Contents: The politics of rural sustainability, Tony Varley, John McDonagh and Sally Shortall; Part I Policy and Planning for Sustainability: A legal framework for sustainable development in rural areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Yvonne Scannell and Sharon Turner; Environmental lessons for rural Ireland from the European Union: how great expectations in Brussels get dashed in Bangor and Belmullet, Brendan Flynn; Governance for regional sustainable development: building institutional capacity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Gerard Mullally and Brian Motherway; Regional planning and sustainability, Mark Scott; Managing rural nature: regulation, translations and governance in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Hilary Tovey. Part II Primary Production and Sustainability: Agriculture and multifunctionality in Ireland, John Feehan and Deirdre O'Connor; Sustainable forestry in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Roy W. Tomlinson and John Fennessy; Governance and sustainability: impacts of the Common Fisheries Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, David Meredith and Joan McGinley; Production, markets and the coastal environment: exploring the social sustainability of Irish aquaculture, John Phyne. Part III Information Technology, Tourism and Sustainability: Knowledge-based competition: implications for sustainable development in rural Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Seamus Grimes and Stephen Roper; Conflict to consensus: contested notions of sustainable rural tourism on the island of Ireland, Ruth McAreavey, John McDonagh and Maria Heneghan. Part IV Social Differentiation and Sustainability: Demography of rural decline and expansion, Trutz Haase; 'A growing concern': youth, sustainable lifestyle and livelihood in rural Ireland, Brian McGrath; Rural ageing and public policy in Ireland, Eamon O'Shea; Gender and sustainability in rural Ireland, Sally Shortall and Anne Byrne; The Irish language and the future of the Gaeltacht regions of Ireland, Seosamh Mac Donnacha and Conchºr â Giollag¡in. Part V Sustainability and Civil Society: Environmental movements in Ireland: North and South, John Barry and Peter Doran; Populism and the politics of community survival in rural Ireland, Tony Varley; The road to sustainable transport: community groups, rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland, Henrike Rau and Colleen Hennessy. Conclusion: Sustainability and getting the balance right in rural Ireland, John McDonagh, Tony Varley and Sally Shortall; Index.