Conflict of Sustainability: Contrasts and Commonalities between Global Rural Systems
Abstract
The paper seeks to take the theme of the Conference, 'Harmony and Conflict in Rural and Ex-Urban Space' and to contrast the need for harmony both within and between rural systems, with the conflicts that exist, particularly between the situations in Developed (DC) and Less-Developed Countries (LDC). The overall goal is to use the need for conflict resolution and recognition of communalities between DC and LDC systems to promote a unified approach to rural systems based on sustainability. Sustainability is presented as a simple goal framework which combines five key objectives; agronomic, micro-economic, social, macro-economic, and ecological sustainability, and which provides a common basis for rural system analysis and evaluation.References
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