Concerns about the negative impacts of productivist agriculture have led to the emergence
of two forms of ecological modernisation of agriculture. The first, efficiency-substitution …

Ecosystem services, the benefits produced by ecosystem functions and structures for human
well-being, have received continuous international attention since the publication of the …

In this paper, we argue that social enterprise could represent a means of tackling rural
challenges of providing sustainable economic development, addressing the withdrawal of …

It has been recognized that China's targeted poverty alleviation policy can greatly improve
the economic development of rural areas, but whether it can improve rural resilience for …

Abstract The arid southeastern Iberian Peninsula is a unique region in which conservation
and human development have coexisted and coevolved over many decades. However …

The economic importance of the private sector, such as the contribution of businesses to
Gross Domestic Product or to employment creation, is well recognised in research and …

This paper examines the concept of resilience and its increasing application within rural
studies in the face of both economic uncertainty and ecological crisis. Two approaches to …

This paper aims to identify the factors that have determined successful territorial dynamics
(STD) in rural areas of Andalusia during economic expansion periods, and analyzes their …

Integrated crop–livestock systems are often considered a promising way to address
agricultural sustainability issues. Many authors claim that complementarities and synergies …

Achieving food system sustainability is one of the more pressing challenges of this century.
Over the last decades, experts from diverse disciplines and intellectual traditions have …