Rural development and economic change has generally been associated with growth and the in-migration of nonlocal firms or their branch plants and offices. Such change has been critiqued and at times resisted because of its implicit “urbanism” and conflict with rural values and modes of...

Public agencies in the US have committed resources to encourage private investment in reusing contaminated sites. With public funds in short supply, the effectiveness of their efforts matters both to the agencies and the development community. This paper draws on a mail survey of private...

Die "Ökologische Krise" ist zugleich auch eine Krise in der Beziehung des Menschen zu seiner natürlichen und gesellschaftlichen Umwelt. Das Buch untersucht diese Problemstellung aus der Perspektive verschiedener sozialwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen - von der evolutionstheoretisch fundierten...

The Inner Cities Directorate of the DoE have commissioned a number of studies to examine and evaluate the impact of economic and environmental measures adopted under the Urban Programme. This paper examines one such study, namely an evaluation of designated Industrial and Commercial Improvement...