MARSDEN T. and BRISTOW G. (2000) Progressing integrated rural development: a framework for assessing the integrative potential of sectoral policies, Reg. Studies 34 , 455-469. This paper reports on the development of a methodology for assessing how sectoral policies work to progress wider rural...

In this paper, we develop the burgeoning research agenda on alternative food networks in Europe. Through the concept of 'embeddedness', we argue for a much more nuanced and complex understanding of the relationships between conventional and alternative food chains--and, by extension, of their...

The paper traces the emergence of the regional eco-economy with reference to a new conceptual model called the rural web. These webs are embedded into the fabric of regional systems of production and consumption and provide a key driver for both rural development generally and eco-economic...

During modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. Signs of a new position are the awakened interest in the nature, the authentic and the simple way...

1. Current food questions and their scholarly challenges : creating and framing a sustainable food paradigm / Terry Marsden and Adrian Morley -- 2. Food futures : framing the crisis / Adrian Morley, Jesse Mcentee and Terry Marsden -- 3. European food governance : the contrary influences of...

W ARD N., L OWE P. and B RIDGES T. (2003) Rural and regional development: the role of the Regional Development Agencies in England, Reg. Studies 37 , 201- 214. The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were established in 1999 to promote economic development in the English regions and inherited...

This book charts the consequences for banking supervision of two stylized developments that over the last decade have characterized the global financial landscape: the integration of cross-sector and cross-border financial services. Both developments inevitably call for a supervisory response...