Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(4):191-199 | DOI: 10.17221/37/2010-AGRICECON

Rural and environmental concern - focus on the Czech Republic

Petr Kment, Lucie Kocmánková
Department of Humanities, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

An increasing number of works on the rural-environmental connection can be found at present. However, their overview and classification are needed - this is the guiding idea of this paper. We distinguish three approaches to the rural-environmental connection and label them scientific approach, environmentalist approach, and development approach. In the paper, theories of environmental concern (post-materialism, paradigm shift, and ecological modernisation) are discussed at first and then a classification of works is proposed.

Keywords: environment, rural areas, Czech Republic, post-materialism, paradigm shift, ecological modernisation

Published: April 30, 2012  Show citation

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Kment P, Kocmánková L. Rural and environmental concern - focus on the Czech Republic. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2012;58(4):191-199. doi: 10.17221/37/2010-AGRICECON.
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