Geography

Rural geography: Alternative rural economies - The search for alterity in forests, fisheries, food, and fair trade

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The article presents a report that examines the recent efforts to design alternative rural economies. The article explains the reasons as to why researchers should focus on alternative rural economies. The article presents a discussion on the relation between alternative economic projects and rural places and commodities emphasizing the core factors of production, exchange, and consumption. The article also reviews recent work on the subject of community forests, forest certification, alternative approaches to fisheries, food, and fair trade. The article concludes with a clarification on some of the most recent findings and debates covering these studies.

Publication Title

Progress in Human Geography

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Volume

30

Issue

6

First Page

803

Last Page

811

ISSN

0309-1325

DOI

10.1177/0309132506071530

Keywords

rural geography, alternative approaches in education, rural development, exchange, community forestry, forest economics, fishery economics, unfair competition, economics

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