Publications

Rural Development Reports and Publications from the Arkleton Centre and elsewhere (Most recent documents listed first)

• European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) final report, August 2004: As Word File (Warning: 73 MB) | As Adobe PDF (4 MB)
• Case Study for ESPON Project. The Special Pre-Accession Programme for Agricultural and Rural Development in Poland (SAPARD). G.E. Dalton, University of Aberdeen, 2004.
• Restructuring in Marginal Rural Areas (RESTRIM), National Reports for Scotland ( Crofting Diversification:  Networks and Rural Development in Skye and Lochalsh), Finland, Ireland, Italy, Norway & Sweden together with the Executive Summary of the Final Report (summary of the thematic reports).
• The Role of Young People in the Rural Economy, Report for Scottish Borders Enterprise. September 2003.
• European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) Third Interim Report, August 2003.
• Voices of Rural Youth:  A Break with Traditional Patterns?  Policies and Young People in Rural Development (PAYPIRD), Dax T & Machold I (eds), 2002, Bundesanstalt fur Bergbauernfragen, Vienna.  ISBN: 3-85311-062-2.
• Rural Development Learning across the North
  Report of the Nordic-Scottish Conference, Inverness, 27-28 May 2002 (PDF).
  Compiled and edited by:  Vanessa Halhead and Jo Lee, University of Aberdeen
  Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research on behalf of The Scottish Executive.
• The Swedish Rural Parliament & The Village Action Movement in Europe
  (Report of the Scottish Visit to the Swedish Rural Parliament, Pitea, Sweden, March 15-17, 2002)
• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
• The Role of Civil Society and the Business Community in Rural Restructuring
  Jane Atterton, The Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research Report for the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, Agricultural Policy Co-ordination and Rural Development Research Programme, Research Findings No 10. Published November 2001. Report available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/orange/rocs-00.asp
• Dynamics of Rural Areas (DORA) Project releases research findings, October 2001. National Reports (Germany, Greece, Scotland and Sweden) and International Comparison now available.
• Pre-school Educational Provision in Rural Areas (Word document Executive Summary) - a report to the Scottish Executive Education Department, published September 2001
• The PAYPIRD (Policies and Young People in Rural Development) Final Report, March 2001.
• A New Agriculture: Making the Connection.  Report from the Western Agri-Food Institute on rural adaptation to structural change, March 2001.  Full report available in PDF format.
• OECD Environmental Indicators for Agriculture, Vol. 3 Methods and Results, published March 2001.  Downloadable Executive Summary available.
• Draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, Consultation Paper from the Scottish Executive, issued 22 February 2001.  Deadline for comments on the draft bill has been extended from 18 May to 30 June 2001 in recognition of difficulties due to Foot & Mouth Disease.
• Unity, solidarity, diversity for Europe, its people and its territory:  Second report on economic and social cohesion (adopted by the European Commission on 31 January 2001).
• Full report of Scottish Parliament Rural Development Committee's detailed study into 'The Impact of Changing Employment Patterns in Rural Scotland', published 30 January 2001. Plus Scottish Executive's response April 2001.
• Newsletters from the University of Aberdeen/ESRC 'Children, Family, Community and Work' Project
• Conference Papers from the Dynamics of Rural Areas (DORA) Project, May 2000 - January 2001.
• Arkleton Research Papers - New series launched (ISSN 1472-3824) December 2000.
• MUNRO, G. and HART, K. 'The Highland Problem': State and Community in Local Development, Arkleton Research Paper 1 (December 2000), ISSN 1472-3824.
• MUNRO, G.  How do individuals relate to their local communities through work and family life?  Some fieldwork evidence, Arkleton Research Paper 3 (December 2000), ISSN 1472-3824.
• DEY, I. and JENTSCH, B.  'Quality Jobs' and 'Real Choice' for Rural Youth:  a Reassessment , Arkleton Research Paper 6 (December 2000), ISSN 1472-3824.
• Rural White Paper "Our Countryside:  The Future - A Fair Deal for Rural England" - published 28 November 2000
• The Scottish Executive Rural Poverty and Inclusion Working Group - November 2000
• Rural Britain is promised better services
  Article from The Times, 20 November 2000
• BROX O and BRYDEN J, Development of the Periphery - the case of North Norway.   Paper from seminar by Prof. Ottar Brox of the Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Research, at Leirsinn Research Centre, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye, 17 November 2000.
• Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2000
  Scottish Executive report issued 13 November 2000  (incl. 'The character of rural poverty in Scotland' by Lorna Philip and Mark Shucksmith)
• Rural Futures
  New coalition launched October 2000 to further the debate on the "crisis in the countryside" across the political divide and throughout society
• Papers from the Rural Transfer Network Seminar, October 2000:
  Models of Local Rural Development in the Northern Periphery
• Newsletters from the University of Aberdeen/JRF 'Changing Work-Family Configurations' project
• SHUCKSMITH M, Exclusive Countryside?   Social Inclusion and Regeneration in Rural Areas.  Report on rural exclusion published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, July 2000.
• 'European Rural Policy at the Crossroads', International Conference June 2000, 60 Conference Papers available online  ....
• "The Way Forward:  Framework for Economic Development in Scotland".  Scottish Executive framework document published June 2000.
• BRYDEN JM, Structural Changes in Rural Europe.  Paper for Western AgriFood Institute Internet Colloquium on Rural Adaptation to Structural Change May-June 2000.
• "Rural Scotland:   A New Approach" .  Policy statement from the Scottish Executive, launched by Ross Finnie, Rural Affairs Minister, 22 May 2000.
• BRYDEN J and HART K,  Land reform, planning and people:  an issue of stewardship?  Paper given at the RSE/SNH Millennium Conference "The Future for the Environment in Scotland:   Resetting the Agenda?" in Edinburgh, March 2000.
• Consultation on the National Parks (Scotland) Bill .  This draft bill was launched on 21 January 2000, with comments submitted to the Scottish Executive by 3 March 2000.
• Land reform White Paper issued by the Scottish Executive 8 July 1999
• SHUCKSMITH M and MURPHY C (eds.), The Rural Audit, London : The Labour Party, 100pp, June 1999.
• CHAPMAN P, PHIMISTER E, SHUCKSMITH M, UPWARD R & VERA-TOSCANO E, Poverty and exclusion in rural Britain:  The dynamics of low income and employment, published by York publishing services Ltd for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 1998.  ISBN: 1 899987 67 3.
• The Scottish White Paper on Rural Policy:  'People, Prosperity and Partnership' December 1995
• Press Releases are listed in our Research Activities page
• Scottish Executive publications