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 A Bibliography of Rural Social Research

Table of Contents

• Agriculture

  • Agricultural Geography, Agricultural History, Agricultural & rural policy, Agricultural restructuring, Dairy farming & industry, Family farming, Farmer attitudes, Farmer organisations & interest groups, Farm business & management, Farm succession, Gender issues & trends in agriculture, Horticulture, orcharding & their industry, Labour, employment & work, Meat & wool industry, National trends & issues, Organic agriculture, Small farms or hobby farms, Social structure of agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Wine Industry

• Alcohol

• Atlas’ & Bibliographies

• Crime

• Demographic

• Education

  • Early Childhood, Compulsory Education, Distance Technology, Further education & training (including community education), Historical, Policy, School transport

• Food Processing Industry

• Forestry

  • Farm forestry, Forestry development, Historical forestry development, Planning & policy, Restructuring of the forestry sector, Socio-economic impact

• Health

• Historical Land Development

• Housing

• Intellectual Property

• Irrigation (Social impacts of)

• Labour, Employment & Work

  • Employment, Employer/ employee relations, Gender issues & trends, Historical issues & trends, Unemployment

• Land Use Change

• Law

• Local Government

• Maori

  • Beliefs & culture, Consultation, Development, Gender, History, Land issues, Policy, Social structure, Treaty of Waitangi

• Natural Hazards (Social impact of)

• Natural Resource Use (Social impacts of)

  • Coal & peat, Geothermal development, Hydro-electric power, Mining, Petrochemical development

• Older People

• Occupational Safety & Health

• Politics

• Recreation & Tourism

  • Alternative rural enterprises, Farm-based tourism, Garden Tourism, Gender, recreation & tourism, Impacts of developing recreation & tourism, Marine Reserves, Planning, Sport & recreation, Visitor Satisfaction, Wilderness Tourism

• Regional Trends & Issues

• Religion

• Research & Methodology

• Resource Management & Planning

  • Conservation, Conflict & dispute resolution, Evaluation & assessment, Historical, Interest groups, Land & water management, Landscape values & issues, Maori (Issues related to), Pests, Planning, Policy, Waste management

• Restructuring

• Rural Communities

  • Attitudes & beliefs, Communities & change, Community & rural development, Historical , Organisations & interest groups, Poverty, Sense of place, Social Structure

• Rural Systems

• Rurality in Literature & Culture

• Services

  • Agricultural services, Electricity, Financial services, Library Services, Postal services, Provision (or loss) of services, Social services, Voluntary services, Weather services

• Social Impact Assessment

• Sustainable Development

• Technology

• Transport & Telecommunications

• Women (General)

  • National issues & trends, Rural women

Contact for Enquiries

Rural Affairs Coordinator
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 894 0675
Fax: +64 4 4 894 0745
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