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Planning for Rural Resilience : Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780887554636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Planning for Rural ResilienceDDC classification:
  • 307.1/212097132
LOC classification:
  • HT395.C32O566 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1 Building Community Resilience in Huron County: Lessons From the 2011 Goderich Tornado -- Chapter 2 Policy and Green Infrastructure: Planning in Response to Climate Change and Peak Oil -- Chapter 3 Planning with Nature: Experiences at the Grassroots Level -- Chapter 4 Increasing Energy Costs, Climate Change and Personal Transportation in Rural Ontario -- Chapter 5 Eden Mills Going Carbon Neutral: Case Study of a Community Approach -- Chapter 6 The Transition Response: Practical Resilience Strategies -- Chapter 7 The Changing Face of Agriculture: Case Studies of Organizations Building a New Future for Food -- Chapter 8 One Farmer's Approach to Building Resilience -- Chapter 9 Practical Response: Options for Agriculture -- Chapter 10 Rural Sustainability -- Contributors.
Summary: Planning for Rural Resilience asks central questions about the nature of change and the ability to adapt in rural regions. While change is often feared, communities have capacity that can be rallied, harnessed, and turned towards planning policy and action that responds to threats to the future.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1 Building Community Resilience in Huron County: Lessons From the 2011 Goderich Tornado -- Chapter 2 Policy and Green Infrastructure: Planning in Response to Climate Change and Peak Oil -- Chapter 3 Planning with Nature: Experiences at the Grassroots Level -- Chapter 4 Increasing Energy Costs, Climate Change and Personal Transportation in Rural Ontario -- Chapter 5 Eden Mills Going Carbon Neutral: Case Study of a Community Approach -- Chapter 6 The Transition Response: Practical Resilience Strategies -- Chapter 7 The Changing Face of Agriculture: Case Studies of Organizations Building a New Future for Food -- Chapter 8 One Farmer's Approach to Building Resilience -- Chapter 9 Practical Response: Options for Agriculture -- Chapter 10 Rural Sustainability -- Contributors.

Planning for Rural Resilience asks central questions about the nature of change and the ability to adapt in rural regions. While change is often feared, communities have capacity that can be rallied, harnessed, and turned towards planning policy and action that responds to threats to the future.

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