Åboland

, 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61

Action research

, 12, 167

Agriculture

after privatisation in Eastern Europe and Russia

, 82

agri-food products

, 285

multifunctional

, 13

peri-urban agriculture

, 4, 21, 22, 30, 35, 165, 166, 172, 176, 178, 183, 185

productionism in

, 72, 73

Åland Islands

, 44, 45, 81

Alienation

, 3, 149, 151, 152, 153

AMAP

, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 299n4, 299n7, 299n8, 299n9

Aristocratic milieu

, 293, 294, 297

Athen

Athens’ metropolitan region

, 22, 27

Biodiversity

, 2, 85, 181, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 279, 281, 286, 288, 310

Bioenergy

, 74, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87

Brazil

, 83

Brenner, Neil

, 194, 210, 244, 309, 321

Budapest

Budapest agglomeration

, 289, 329

Built-up areas

, 24, 25, 27, 31, 162

Bulwark

, 326

CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)

, 78, 284

Catchment areas

, 327

CFR (corporate food regime), see Food

Citizens

Citizen Channel project

, 193, 196, 200, 202–211

civic organisations

, 279, 297

participation of

, 196, 232

City

city-region

, 242, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 262

regenerative

, 246, 263, 266

smart

, 245, 246, 247

Cohesion

, 95, 98, 103, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120, 136, 216, 236, 276, 277, 298

Collaborative governance

collaborative metropolitan governance

, 194, 202, 209

Common Agricultural Policy, see CAP

Community building

, 295, 296

Compact urban fabric

, 24

Comparative case study analysis

, 166–167

Conflictuality

, 209

Consumption

vs. production

, 80, 320

slow food movement

, 81, 312

see also Food

Counter-urbanisation

, 3, 4, 10, 11, 94, 164, 165

Countryside

evolution of

, 72–74, 79

new

, 80–85

post-productionist

, 73, 80

see also Rural

Critical research

in rural sociology

, 77

Cropland

, 11, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33

Cultural heritage

, 79, 136, 150, 152, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 296, 297

Cultural turn in social sciences

, 81

Democracy

, 8, 192, 193, 195, 196, 198, 202, 205, 218

Demography

indicators of

, 45

Displacement

, 136, 148

Ecological

foodprints

, 2, 8, 14, 86, 221, 245, 265, 305, 326

turn

, 326

Ecosystem services

, 8, 74, 78, 86, 87, 88, 221, 260, 327

Energy

local energy

, 262–263

renewable energy

, 4, 256, 262–263, 265, 266

Entrepreneurs

, 73, 141, 175, 222, 297

Equestrian culture

, 292, 294

ESRS (European Society of Rural Sociology)

, 78

Europe

European Economic Community

, 77, 89n14

European Union

, 77, 78, 84, 89n14, 210, 250, 264, 306

Exurban development

, 44, 94, 96

Farmers

, 4, 72, 73, 76, 85, 96, 112, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 136, 165, 166, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 181, 182, 184, 276, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 297, 328

Farming

peri-urban farming

, 20, 21

Festivals and events

, 290, 291

Finland

, 13, 40–49, 51, 54–62, 75, 76, 79, 89n11, 89n14, 125, 127, 128, 130, 135, 136, 140, 153, 196, 197, 199, 208, 218, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 236, 328

Food

alternative

, 277, 288, 308, 311, 312, 313, 319, 320, 326

conventional

, 305, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313, 319, 320

corporate food regime

, 14, 329

crises, see Global food crises

culture

, 293, 299n7

food system

, 77, 80, 276, 278, 280, 281, 304, 305, 307, 308, 311, 312, 313, 317, 319, 320

local

, 81, 173, 175, 259, 280, 288, 289, 290, 297, 312

organic

, 73, 165, 261, 289, 291

production of

, 72, 165

slow food movement

, 81, 312

UFS (urban food strategies)

, 4, 14, 303–321, 329

Forests

, 11, 24, 27, 31, 33, 63n1, 86, 162, 164, 327

France

, 247, 282, 284, 314

Galpin, C. J.

, 5, 70, 71, 85, 88, 88n2

Gastronomy

, 290, 292

Gentrification

, 12, 125–154, 296

Germany

, 129, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 264, 328

Gieryn, T. F.

, 71, 88n2

Gilbert, J.

, 75, 77, 89n13

Global Food Crises

, 73, 74, 81, 83, 84, 87

Governance

collaborative

, 6–7, 8–9, 192, 194, 195, 196, 201, 202, 206, 218, 219, 235

meta-

, 199

metropolitan

, 191–211, 218, 265

multi-level

, 10, 247, 298

Greece

, 22, 30, 33, 248, 314

Green-house effect

greenhouse rationalism

, 12, 86

phenomenon

, 73, 74, 81, 85

Growth

compact growth

, 21, 22, 24

growth machine

, 4, 6, 326

Haila, A.

, 197, 198, 199, 205

Hajer, M.

, 194, 196, 198, 201

Health

, 41, 224, 281, 305, 317

Heinelt, H.

, 192, 193, 194, 244, 252, 253

Helsinki

Helsinki Region

, 44, 197, 200, 201, 205, 328

Metropolitan Area

, 13, 191–211

Neighbourhoods Association Helka

, 202, 205, 211

Horsification

, 174

Housing

illegal housing

, 31, 33

Hungary

, 292, 293, 297

Hunting

, 12, 96, 108, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 138, 146, 151, 152

Identity

, 61, 96, 113, 114, 118, 120, 127, 128, 132, 152, 153, 194, 309

Industrialism

post

, 40

Innovation

, 77, 79, 200, 221, 222, 225, 226, 229, 235, 254, 275, 276, 278, 281, 284, 288, 292, 294, 295, 296, 298

Institutions

institutional divide

, 215–236

institutional void

, 198, 201

Intellectuals

local intellectuals

, 291

Interpretive policy analysis

, 196

Knowledge use

, 284

Kübler, D.

, 192, 193, 194, 195, 243, 244, 247

Land-Grant Universities

, 75, 89n9

Land-use

land fragmentation

, 31, 32

land-use classes

, 22

pressure on farmland

, 173, 174, 181, 184

Language minorities

, 41, 62, 142

Late modernism

, 3, 7, 10, 13, 42, 59, 62, 326

Le Galès, P.

, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 205

LEADER

, 84

Local food, see Food

Localism

new

, 14, 309

pluri

, 43

Lombardia

, 81

Malthus, T. R.

, 2

Managerialism

, 219

Marxism

neo-

, 77

Mediterranean

fringe

, 19, 33, 35

Metropolitan

fringe

, 22, 244

governance, see Governance

participation

, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211

rurality

, 1, 4, 5, 9, 127, 128, 130, 132, 136, 137, 151, 153, 193, 200, 204, 209, 210, 276, 277, 281, 288, 298, 327

Middle-class

, 139, 148, 150, 151, 289, 291, 292

Minorities

Swedish-speaking Finns

, 11, 42, 54

Mobility of population

, 57

Morphological transition

, 30

Movement

, 14, 54, 61

Municipality

municipal cooperation

, 228–229

Newby, H.

, 77, 88n3

Nonjon, M.

, 206, 207

Normative scholars

, 319

Nyland

, 40, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62

Octagon

, 131, 133, 148

Ostrobothnia

, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49–63, 137, 138

Paris

region

, 281, 287

Participation

multi-stakeholder process

, 170, 171, 176

participatory envisioning process

, 166, 182

tools

, 203, 205

Partnership

, 9, 107, 182, 195, 196, 218, 219, 220, 229, 230, 283, 314, 320

Peri-urban agriculture

Ghent

, 172–176

Kortrijk

, 172–176

Pinson, G.

, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, 201, 208, 211

Planning

deregulation

, 33

informality in

, 21

spatial

, 179, 180, 182, 185, 216, 242, 247

strategic planning and thinking

, 303

Pluri-localism, see Localism

Policy

, 2, 7, 82, 84, 163, 216

Post-carbon

, 5, 8, 9, 14, 221, 222

Post-Fordism

, 129

Power

layered power

, 277

Poverty

in rural areas

, 74

Productionism

post

, 73, 86, 87

Professionals of participation

, 207

Project

precariat

, 62

project class

, 81, 89n16, 277, 297

projectification

, 192, 195, 277

Public choice

, 192, 193, 202, 209, 244

Purnell act

, 89n8

Qviström, M.

, 5, 163, 182

Rationalism

greenhouse

, 12, 86

Real estate speculation

, 35

Reform

metropolitan

, 192, 193, 194, 209

Regionalism

new

, 7, 194, 216, 218, 242, 244, 247

Research institutes

, 74, 78, 225, 226, 229, 232, 235

Resilience

, 5, 11, 242, 259, 326

Roosevelt, T.

Roosevelt’s Comission

, 74

RUF (rural urban fringe), rural

, 162, 163, 165, 166, 174, 181, 182, 185

areas close to urban areas

, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 63

the birth of

, 74

gentrification

, 127, 133, 134, 136–137

heartland

, 50, 51, 52, 53, 63, 228, 235

local centres in rural areas

, 50, 51, 63

ruralities

, 128, 136, 137, 150, 154, 327

sociology

, 9, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 86, 87, 89n13, 94

studies

, 77, 79, 81

Rural-urban

classification

, 42, 50

relationship

, 215–236, 280, 283, 289, 297

transformation processes

, 132

Trans-rurban rurality

, 86–88

Rural-urban fringe

agriculture

, 163–166

pressure on farmland

, 181–182

urbanisation

, 185

Rurban

rurban conservatism

, 328

Russia

agriculture after Soviet time

, 88n7

Second home

, 54, 73, 294

Sociodiversity

, 85

Socioeconomic indicators

, 147

Soil degradation

, 20

Sorokin, P.

, 5, 10, 70, 71, 75, 85, 87, 88, 88n2, 128, 327

Southern Europe

, 20, 30, 33

Sparsely populated rural areas

, 50, 51, 52, 63n1, 221, 228, 235

Spatial planning, see Planning

Stuttgart

, 13, 245, 247, 248, 250, 252, 253, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 328

Sundom

Sundomers

, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 153

Sustainability

social

, 125–154, 256, 277, 310

sustainable development

, 10, 35, 241–266, 281, 283, 284, 286, 291, 292, 298, 326

Swabian Gastronomy Festival

, 290

Sweden

, 11, 41, 44, 61, 314

Taeuber, K.

, 70

Triangular study

, 131, 132

Urban

coexistence

, 330

expansion

, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 21, 22, 32, 33, 35, 164, 326, 330

growth

, 10, 30, 35, 162, 164, 181

inner urban area

, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 62n1, 134

new urban policies

, 195

outer urban area

, 50, 51, 52, 62n1

Sprawl, Programme for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

, 9

upper classes

, 288

urban food strategies, see Food

Urbanisation

counter-urbanisation dispersed urbanisation

, 3, 164, 165

Vaasa

, 12, 125–154

Village

days

, 295

village community

, 145, 150

villages within the village

, 141, 145, 151, 153

Wilson E.O.

, 85, 89n18, 114

Zimmerman, C. C.

, 5, 70, 71, 75, 85, 87, 88, 88n2, 244