Lois Mansfield is Emeritus Professor and previously Director of the Research Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas at the University of Cumbria, UK. She currently works as an independent research consultant running her own company, Environmentors Ltd.

• PART I Overview 1. Upland Agricultural Systems and Capital PART II Marginality and Capital 2. Marginality and Upland Agricultural Systems 3. Options for Explaining Agricultural Resources PART III Capital as a Concept in Agriculture 4. Natural Capital 5. Human Capital 6. Social Capital 7. Cultural Capital 8. Financial Capital PART IV A Multiple Capitals Approach 9. Multiple Capital Frameworks, Concepts, and Models 10. Multiple Capital Toolkit for Upland Agriculture

"This internationally relevant book is an excellent and accessible guide to the problematics of creating sustainable upland agricultural systems, a topic of urgent importance in rural development. Its particular value comes from the conceptual consideration of multiple capitals, an approach which leads into a practical toolkit for planning how to achieve good outcomes for upland areas. As such, the book will be of value to policy makers and rural development practitioners, as well as being interesting to academic readers. It is greatly enriched by its use of highly detailed case studies from very different parts of the world to illustrate how the theory can be deployed in practice. This book makes a significant contribution to this specialist field."Lewis Holloway, Professor of Human Geography, University of Hull, UK.“In this richly illustrated and intellectually rigorous book, Lois Mansfield demonstrates how a multiple capitals approach can help us truly understand the resilience of upland agriculture. In explicating the crucial socio-cultural contexts of agricultural practices and livelihoods, this indispensable book will change the way we understand and manage the Uplands - and should be essential reading for Scholars, Students, Policymakers and Practitioners alike". Professor Mark Riley, University of Liverpool.