The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning

Toward “good” islands: rethinking the means and goals for island development from a female perspective

“…Shucksmith rightly pointed out the importance of social justice and respect for the rights of all members of the community when it comes to rights and relatedness in the concept of a “good countryside.” Moreover, he emphasized that the rural community carries the burden of the ideology of rural idyll, where potential new residents are not welcomed with understanding. Although rural values are “inclusive and neighborly,” previous research has shown rural communities are often traditional, more patriarchal and closed, which affects social and cultural capital (Fox-Rogers, 2019; Shucksmith, 2018). The female narratives on Brač indicate an increasing awareness in the community regarding the relationships between men and women, specifically a decrease in patriarchal patterns.…”

“…On the one hand, smaller communities are seen through the rural idyll lens, where rural communities have spontaneously high levels of community capacity. On the other hand, recent research warned about uneven power dynamics that influence planning and development through bottom-up approaches, acquaintances, friendships or family relations (Fox-Rogers, 2019). One participant commented,I recycle, I do my compost, I give it to my friend that has a garden and grows all sort[s] of things… People do their share in keeping the place clean but what happens once the utility company takes over, I don’t know.…”

Farming by the sea: A qualitative-quantitative approach to capture the specific traits of coastal farming in Brittany, France

“…Thus, the effects of such pressures need to be addressed by fully considering complex interactions between agriculture, land planning and the clear ecologization observed in coastal areas. The complex combination of pressures eventually lead to the marginalization or even disappearance of agriculture in coastal territories, making them "post-rural" in the sense that classical material typologies based on land use, organization of social interactions and major development drivers are not as effective as that they were previously (Gallent and Gkartzios, 2019). In these areas, maintaining farming activities by the sea involves many social actors in reinventing new forms of rurality (Dupé et al 2021).…”