Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe (eBook)

Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2009
XXIII, 313 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-79470-7 (ISBN)

Infos

These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title 'Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture' was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the th 6 Research Framework Programme. Policy decisions - especially at the European level - are never easy. What policy-makers decide will potentially affect the lives of millions of people for many years. This makes reaching informed decisions crucial, and scientific research can help illuminate their policy choices. MEA-Scope was one of two projects which addressed the research p- orities for European Rural areas which were identified in an EC workshop on Multifunctionality in Agriculture in 2001. Scientific Support to Policies in the Research Framework Programme is facing the challenge to identify in the discussions between policy makers and the research community those topics which can be addressed in a m- term strategic research programme. When the research topic was published Multifunctionality of Agriculture was among the concepts with many - search questions open. It was considered that positivistic approaches into technology aspects of agriculture, forestry and other rural activities based on natural resources and land use are needed, as well as more normative research with regard to trade, food quality and safety, animal welfare, en- ronment, rural development and cultural issues.

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Acknowledgements 7
List of Authors 12
Introduction 17
Part I Multifunctional Concepts, Societal Demand and Impact Assessment 22
The Operational Framework of the MEA-Scope Project 23
Agricultural Activities, Rural Areas and Natural Environment: Drawing Up the Frontiers of the Multifunctionality Concept 41
Multifunctionality Concepts: A Critical Assessment of the Framework Approaches 55
Societal Demand for Commodity and Non-commodity Outputs – A Regional Perspective 73
TOP-MARD Problematique, Structure and Progress – The Case of Norway 93
Part II Modelling of Policy Induced Structural Change and Adaptation of Agricultural Practices 118
The MEA-Scope Modelling Approach 119
A Scenario-Wise Analysis of Economic and Environmental Impacts in the MEA- Scope Case Study Regions 140
Recreating Context in Spatial Modelling of Agricultural Landscapes 160
Spatial Characteristics of Land Use Patterns in Mugello ( Central Italy) and Policy Impacts on Their Environmental Outputs 174
Part III Linking Scales, Policy Issues and Impacts 190
Scaling from Farm to Landscape 191
Analysing Exemplary Policy Issues Using the MEA- Scope Framework 206
Implementing the Indicators of the MEA-Scope Multifunctionality Impact Assessment Approach: A Gap Between Supply and Demand of NCOs? 221
Part IV Regional and Local Case Study Stories of a Europe in Change 234
Environmental Impacts of Pillar I and II with Specific Respect to Designated Areas – Results from the MEA- Scope Case Study in Germany 235
Validation of an Agent-Based, Spatio-Temporal Model for Farming in the River Gudenå Landscape. Results from the MEA- Scope Case Study in Denmark 251
Impacts of Three Direct Payment Options on Farm Structure, Economic Performance and Production Pattern: Results from the MEA- Scope Case Study in Italy 267
Possibilities for the Development of Mixed Crop- Beef Farming in the Koscian Region Based on Natural Fodder Resources. Results from the MEA- Scope Case Study in Poland 281
Multifunctional Farming and Survival Strategies in the Borsodi Floodplain 296
Index 317

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 313 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Adaptation • Agent based modelling • Agriculture • Environment • European Union (EU) • impact assessment • Institution • Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning • Modeling • Multifunctional Agriculture • Policy • rural development • Structural Change • sustainability
• ISBN-10: 3-540-79470-0 / 3540794700
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-79470-7 / 9783540794707