Floor Brouwer is Head of the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources at LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands. Martijn van der Heide is Research Scholar at the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources, LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Preface1. Natural Resource Management; Globalization and Regional IntegrationPart I Setting the Stage; Challenges and Reviews2. The Biodiversity Policy Context of Multifunctional Rural Land Management 3. The Further Development of Agri-environment Schemes; Extending and Defending Conservation Values 4. Economic Issues Surrounding Nature Conservation in Rural AreasPart II Appreciate the Prerequisite; Perspectives on Land5. A Sustainable Management of Nature Reserves 6. Farmland Conservation in the Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada 7. Economic Development and Biodiversity: The Environmental Kuznets Curve in a Policy Assessment ToolPart III Reorientations and Openings; Agri-environmental Programmes8. Factors Influencing Private Transaction Costs Related to Agri-environmental Schemes in Europe 9. Compensation or Conservation Payments for Farmers? Exploring Opportunities for Agri-environmental Schemes in the Netherlands 10. The Provision of Public Goods from Agriculture: Observations from Agri-environmental Policies in the USPart IV Creating a Common Currency; Landscape Values11. Changing Rural Landscapes: Demand and Supply of Public Services in The Netherlands 12. How do Farms Economic and Technical Dynamics Contribute to Landscape Patterns? 13. When Rural Landscapes Change Functionality: Examples from Portugal and Denmark 14. Historical Perspectives on the Development of Multifunctional Landscapes: A Case Study from the UK UplandsPart V Outlook; Emerging Perspectives of Resource Management in Rural Areas15. Multifunctional Towns; Effects of New Retail Developments in Rural Areas 16. Rural Areas in Transition; A Developing World Perspective 17. Conclusions and ProspectsIndex

'This very timely and eclectic collection of chapters extends the concept of multifunctionality in important new ways. The volume will be of great value to researchers and policymakers everywhere who are concerned about the future of food production and natural resources, as well as rural areas generally.' Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University, USA'As a rock hard economist I do not share all the perspectives presented in this timely book, but the analyses are insightful and well put together. A must for everyone who wants to know more about multifunctionality.' Eirik Romstad, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Past President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists'This is a timely analysis the highlights a key problem in rural land management, that of clashes between human demands and productive capacity as multiple agents seek to exploit the multiple functions of rural areas. Set against a background of continuing local spatial dominance of agriculture and its declining economic importance while global food security is being undermined by fundamental shifts in land use, these chapters provide a coherent multidisciplinary perspective on the economic and political dimensions of multifunctional land management that sets the scene for analyses of emerging problems in this area such as the impact of climate change.' Noel Russel, University of Manchester, UK 'This book will certainly find its way onto the core reading lists of my courses on rural geography, and I am convinced that it will provide an important yardstick against which future books on multifunctionality will be evaluated.' Geoff Wilson, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Floor Brouwer is Head of the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources at LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands. Martijn van der Heide is Research Scholar at the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources, LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Preface1. Natural Resource Management; Globalization and Regional IntegrationPart I Setting the Stage; Challenges and Reviews2. The Biodiversity Policy Context of Multifunctional Rural Land Management 3. The Further Development of Agri-environment Schemes; Extending and Defending Conservation Values 4. Economic Issues Surrounding Nature Conservation in Rural AreasPart II Appreciate the Prerequisite; Perspectives on Land5. A Sustainable Management of Nature Reserves 6. Farmland Conservation in the Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada 7. Economic Development and Biodiversity: The Environmental Kuznets Curve in a Policy Assessment ToolPart III Reorientations and Openings; Agri-environmental Programmes8. Factors Influencing Private Transaction Costs Related to Agri-environmental Schemes in Europe 9. Compensation or Conservation Payments for Farmers? Exploring Opportunities for Agri-environmental Schemes in the Netherlands 10. The Provision of Public Goods from Agriculture: Observations from Agri-environmental Policies in the USPart IV Creating a Common Currency; Landscape Values11. Changing Rural Landscapes: Demand and Supply of Public Services in The Netherlands 12. How do Farms Economic and Technical Dynamics Contribute to Landscape Patterns? 13. When Rural Landscapes Change Functionality: Examples from Portugal and Denmark 14. Historical Perspectives on the Development of Multifunctional Landscapes: A Case Study from the UK UplandsPart V Outlook; Emerging Perspectives of Resource Management in Rural Areas15. Multifunctional Towns; Effects of New Retail Developments in Rural Areas 16. Rural Areas in Transition; A Developing World Perspective 17. Conclusions and ProspectsIndex

'This very timely and eclectic collection of chapters extends the concept of multifunctionality in important new ways. The volume will be of great value to researchers and policymakers everywhere who are concerned about the future of food production and natural resources, as well as rural areas generally.' Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University, USA'As a rock hard economist I do not share all the perspectives presented in this timely book, but the analyses are insightful and well put together. A must for everyone who wants to know more about multifunctionality.' Eirik Romstad, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Past President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists'This is a timely analysis the highlights a key problem in rural land management, that of clashes between human demands and productive capacity as multiple agents seek to exploit the multiple functions of rural areas. Set against a background of continuing local spatial dominance of agriculture and its declining economic importance while global food security is being undermined by fundamental shifts in land use, these chapters provide a coherent multidisciplinary perspective on the economic and political dimensions of multifunctional land management that sets the scene for analyses of emerging problems in this area such as the impact of climate change.' Noel Russel, University of Manchester, UK 'This book will certainly find its way onto the core reading lists of my courses on rural geography, and I am convinced that it will provide an important yardstick against which future books on multifunctionality will be evaluated.' Geoff Wilson, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Floor Brouwer is Head of the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources at LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands. Martijn van der Heide is Research Scholar at the Research Unit on Management of Natural Resources, LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Preface1. Natural Resource Management; Globalization and Regional IntegrationPart I Setting the Stage; Challenges and Reviews2. The Biodiversity Policy Context of Multifunctional Rural Land Management 3. The Further Development of Agri-environment Schemes; Extending and Defending Conservation Values 4. Economic Issues Surrounding Nature Conservation in Rural AreasPart II Appreciate the Prerequisite; Perspectives on Land5. A Sustainable Management of Nature Reserves 6. Farmland Conservation in the Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada 7. Economic Development and Biodiversity: The Environmental Kuznets Curve in a Policy Assessment ToolPart III Reorientations and Openings; Agri-environmental Programmes8. Factors Influencing Private Transaction Costs Related to Agri-environmental Schemes in Europe 9. Compensation or Conservation Payments for Farmers? Exploring Opportunities for Agri-environmental Schemes in the Netherlands 10. The Provision of Public Goods from Agriculture: Observations from Agri-environmental Policies in the USPart IV Creating a Common Currency; Landscape Values11. Changing Rural Landscapes: Demand and Supply of Public Services in The Netherlands 12. How do Farms Economic and Technical Dynamics Contribute to Landscape Patterns? 13. When Rural Landscapes Change Functionality: Examples from Portugal and Denmark 14. Historical Perspectives on the Development of Multifunctional Landscapes: A Case Study from the UK UplandsPart V Outlook; Emerging Perspectives of Resource Management in Rural Areas15. Multifunctional Towns; Effects of New Retail Developments in Rural Areas 16. Rural Areas in Transition; A Developing World Perspective 17. Conclusions and ProspectsIndex

'This very timely and eclectic collection of chapters extends the concept of multifunctionality in important new ways. The volume will be of great value to researchers and policymakers everywhere who are concerned about the future of food production and natural resources, as well as rural areas generally.' Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University, USA'As a rock hard economist I do not share all the perspectives presented in this timely book, but the analyses are insightful and well put together. A must for everyone who wants to know more about multifunctionality.' Eirik Romstad, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Past President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists'This is a timely analysis the highlights a key problem in rural land management, that of clashes between human demands and productive capacity as multiple agents seek to exploit the multiple functions of rural areas. Set against a background of continuing local spatial dominance of agriculture and its declining economic importance while global food security is being undermined by fundamental shifts in land use, these chapters provide a coherent multidisciplinary perspective on the economic and political dimensions of multifunctional land management that sets the scene for analyses of emerging problems in this area such as the impact of climate change.' Noel Russel, University of Manchester, UK 'This book will certainly find its way onto the core reading lists of my courses on rural geography, and I am convinced that it will provide an important yardstick against which future books on multifunctionality will be evaluated.' Geoff Wilson, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy