Sustainability planning and collaboration in rural Canada : taking the next steps / Lars K. Hallstr�om, Mary A. Beckie, Glen T. Hvenegaard and Karsten M�undel, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In step with rural development initiatives across Canada today, these fourteen case studies examine the shift toward sustainability-based planning as a key element of community development. Further, they explore the growth of partnerships between communities and post-secondary institutions, which extend beyond research and education into community development practices, capacity building, and participatory action research. Rural development researchers, decision makers and elected officials at all levels of government, political scientists and policy analysts, and community engagement practitioners will benefit from Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada's ideal, rational progression--which mirrors the policy process itself--from problem identification to engagement, solutions, and evaluation."-- Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION I: Contexts and Challenges for Rural Sustainability -- One Roots, Regions, and Radical Practice -- Two Rural Sustainability and the "Lenses" of Place -- Three Engaging the Public in Wildlife and Greenspace Stewardship in Camrose, Alberta -- Four Peaks and Valleys on the Prairies -- SECTION II: Sustainability Planning, Capacity, and Collaboration -- Five Municipal Sustainability Planning, Community Engagement, and Rural Revitalization -- Six Developing Assessment and Adaptation Capacity -- Seven The Creative Economy -- Eight University-Community Partnerships to Support Small-Town Economic Transition -- SECTION III: Implementation and Action: Lessons from the Front Lines -- Nine Taking the Next Steps Toward Environmental Sustainability -- Ten Rural First Nations Tourism -- Eleven Netukulimk Narratives -- Twelve You Are Where You Eat -- SECTION IV: Assessment -- Thirteen An Ecohealth Framework for Evaluating Source-Water Protection, Health, and Well-Being in the Otonabee River Basin -- Fourteen Seeking Sustainability through Self-Assessment and Regional Cooperation in Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fifteen An Incremental Radicalism for Sustainable Communities -- Contributors -- Index -- Other Titles from The University of Alberta Press.

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