Rural Futures

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Innovation, Resilience, and Sustainable Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-01-21
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt1 390 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor624
FörlagJenny Stanford Publishing
ISBN9789815129939

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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.

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