Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Urban and Rural Development

 
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Urban and Rural Development

Research at the Divsion for Rural Development

Our research concerns rural development aspects on i.a. natural resources management, policy and governance issues and strategies for survival and improved livelihoods. The inter-relationships between local actors and actors on other societal levels are central in our research.

Themes

Natural resources and social sustainablility
The heterogenity and complexity of rural parts of a country
Local effects of increased globalisation and internationalisation
The relations between contiuity and change

 

Projects

Institutional forms for natural resource management
Research cooperation for sustainable rural development in Vietnam
Learning processes in rural development
Strategies for managing crises
Preventivel and reconstructive measurements after natural catastrophes and conflicts
Food-security, health and development
Information technology with a human face. A collaborative research project to improve nutrition training in Africa and Asia (Britta Ogle, Linley Chiwona Karltun)
Micronutrient nutrition and dietary diversity: Communication strategies in disadvantaged communities in Vietnam (Britta Ogle)
Global NutrITion (Britta Ogle, Linley Chiwona Karltun)
Food security and the roel fo local government in Ben Tre province, Vietnam (Trang Thi Huy, Nhat)
 

 

Peripheral Comminities, Crisis, Continuity and Long-term Survival

Marie Emanuelsson, Ella Johansson & Ann-Kristin Ekman. 2008


Rapport 6/2008
ISSN 1654-0565, ISBN 978-91-85735-05-1
Language: Engelska, 361 sidor
Price: 130 SEK incl. VAT and distribution
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In this book, life in peripheral communities is examined from a wide range of research perspectives. Scholars studying social, ecological, cultural and economic aspects, from prehistoric to modern times, contribute to create a comparative perspective on life in peripheries. The publication is the outcome of the multidisciplinary conference Peripheral Communities: Crisis, Continuity and Long-Term Survival, which took place in the small Swedish village Ängersjö in August 14–17, 2003. 

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