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All human activity takes place within a context shaped by certain relationships between society and the biophysical environment, or the rest of nature. This interaction is of particular importance in the case of agriculture, an activity that “artificializes” the environment through the management of natural resources. Development necessarily entails the transformation of these relationships. The interaction between man and nature has evolved gradually over time, and above all in response to the degree of development attained. This, in turn, has given rise to different forms of agriculture, ranging from traditional forms (based essentially on animal or live energy) to intensive or modern forms (involving high fossil-fuel consumption), by way of today’s ecological or low-input forms (using environment-friendly technology). These and other, intermediate forms of agriculture correspond to different models and aims of development throughout history, each of which assigns to agriculture a different role. This chapter will provide a broad context for rural planning from an economic perspective. The planner needs to understand and apply this perspective in order to suggest viable and sustainable alternatives.
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Ceña, F. (1999). The Farm and Rural Community As Economic Systems. In: Golley, F.B., Bellot, J. (eds) Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1448-9_12
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