Rural Futures

Innovation, Resilience, and Sustainable Development
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-981-5129-93-9
Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 664 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This book comprehensively explores the multifaceted issues shaping rural areas today. It thoroughly examines the socio-economic, environmental, and technological challenges and opportunities that rural communities come across. It broadly covers from social capital and governance models to health, employment, and cultural sustainability. It offers insights into contemporary challenges and innovative solutions and is crucial for those involved in rural development policy, research, and practice. It provides theoretical frameworks as well as practical case studies, highlighting real-world applications from diverse global contexts. The book helps to understand the ongoing transformation in rural economies and communities, especially through digital innovations, sustainable practices, and entrepreneurship. It is particularly valuable for its multidisciplinary approach as it offers unique perspectives on rural resilience, governance, and sustainable growth, all supported by evidence-based research and case studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dutta, Pushan Kumar

Trivedi, Sonal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Social Capital Perspective in Rural Development Policy: Analysis on Indonesia Village Regulatory 2. Digital Innovations for Transforming Agricultural and Rural Economies: A Review from West Africa 3. Rural Livelihoods and Unemployment amongst Youth in Botswana 4. A Paradoxical View of Resilient and Sustainable Growth in Post-Conflict Rural Areas: The Case of Iraq 5. Understanding Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilient Best Practices in West African Countries 6. Information and Communication Technology Enabled Modern Governance Model for Rural Sustainability Development 7. Cultural Sustainability: A Pathway to Building Resilient Rural Communities 8. ICT for Rural e-Governance and Development: Legal and Policy Research on the Deployment of ICTs in Rural e-Governance 9. Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities 10. Rural India: The Next Frontier of Economic Development 11. Assessing Health Infrastructure for Providing Sustainable Healthy Living of Rural Communities in India 12. Impact of Child Labor on the Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Communities 13. Is MGNREGA Capable of Achieving all the SDGs: A Study on India’s Rural Population 14. Reengineering the Rural Economy by Leveraging the Use of Financial Services: A Lynchpin 15. K-Shaped Recovery in India: Prosperity for the Wealthy and Hardship for the Underprivileged, concerning Economic Development in Rural Areas 16. Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene: Case Study of Local NGOs in Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 17. Revisiting Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilience in Indigenous Worldview: An Ethnoecological Study in Santal Society 18. Exploring Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilience through the Lens of Selected Indian Indigenous Women 19. Rural Resilience Upon Environmental Sustainability: A Study on Birbhum 20. Fostering Rural Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Bamboo for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in India

Über Autor(innen)

Pushan Kumar Dutta is a distinguished associate professor in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at ASETK, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He earned his PhD in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and his postdoctorate from the Erasmus Mundus Association. His areas of research include data mining, big data, AI, edge computing, federated learning, predictive analytics, earthquake precursor study, computer hardware, sustainability, electronic devices, design thinking, Industry 5.0, machine ethics, and intelligent systems for biomedicine.

Sonal Trivedi is an associate professor at Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, Haryana, India. She earned her PhD in management (finance) from the University of Kota, Rajasthan. She has more than 12 years of teaching experience, including being a teaching assistant at S. V. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat, India. Her areas of research include blockchain technology, finance, banking, and insurance.