Keywords:
Environmental sciences Social aspects.
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Human geography.
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Cultural geography.
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Cultural property.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Environmental Social Sciences.
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Social and Cultural Geography.
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Cultural Heritage.
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Urban Sociology.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 01 Rural Sustainability: challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 02 Case study: Rural revitalization in Hong Kong -- Chapter 03 Rural Sustainability: six core dimensions -- Chapter 04 Conclusion and the future of rural communities.
Abstract:
This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated through implementing a rural revitalisation project in Hong Kong since 2013, the book provides an in-depth analysis of a case study along with related concepts from the literature. In particular, the concept of rural resilience is broken down and used to examine how communities at the urban-rural interface can leverage their position and connections to (re)create vibrant sustainable communities. The revitalisation project was showcased in the databases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Equator Initiative and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) as well as achieving Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020. This book teases out the key issues in the process of revitalising a rural community in the peri-urban context and examines the complexities embedded in each issue and how they can be addressed in the quest for rural sustainability.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
IX, 94 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.
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online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2021.
ISBN:
9789811658242
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development,
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5824-2
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-16-5824-2
DDC:
304.2
Language:
English
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