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Relocating Policies for Sustainable Agriculture Under the Umbrella of Rural Development in Australia, USA and New Zealand
Author(s) -
Pomeroy Ann
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1996.tb02070.x
Subject(s) - sustainability , government (linguistics) , agriculture , sustainable development , economic growth , sustainable agriculture , public policy , political science , rural area , sustainable community , policy development , key (lock) , environmental planning , public administration , environmental resource management , geography , economics , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , law , biology
The concern of social scientists about the future of rural communities has filtered across to the policy arena at central government level. There analysis has been paralysed by lack of agreement about the issues. Many officials, especially those without social science training, do not understand concepts such as social sustainability, and few officials know how best to operationalise these concepts. A key step is the recognition of the need to consider people first in the development of policy, whether at the industry, community or household level, if the goal of sustainable agriculture is to be achieved.