John M. Bryden is Research Professor with the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF) in Oslo, President of the International Rural Network, and founding member of the International Comparative Rural Policy research consortium. He is Emeritus Professor of Human Geography at the University of Aberdeen where he formerly co-Directed the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research and held the Chair of Human Geography from 1995 to 2004. Sophia Efstratoglou is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Tibor Ferenczi was Jean Monnet Professor, and recently independent expert, at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. Karlheinz Knickel was Managing Director of the Institute for Rural Development Research at J W Goethe University Frankfurt and Head of the Department of Sustainable Development, Global Change and Multifunctionality of Rural Areas before joining the Information Directorate in the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment in 2008. Thomas G. Johnson is the Frank Miller Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He is also professor in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs and a founding member of the International Comparative Rural Policy research consortium.  Karen Refsgaard is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Norway. Kenneth J. Thomson is Professor Emeritus, University of Aberdeen, UK and Visiting Professor, Countryside & Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, UK.

• 1. A New Approach to Multifunctionality, Sustainable Rural Development, and Analysis of Policy Outcomes John M. Bryden, Amaia Arandia, Liam Dunne and Karlheinz Knickel 2. Exploring Inter-Relationships between the Multiple Functions of Farming, the Development of Rural Regions, and Policies: Theory and Methodology John M. Bryden, Thomas Dax, Sophia Efstratoglou, Tom Johnson and Karen Refsgaard 3. Overview of the Regions Studied: A Context Analysis Karen Refsgaard, Atilla Jambor and Arild Spissøy 4. Multifunctionality in Agriculture and Rural Development: An Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data from Eleven European Regions Karlheinz Knickel, Kerstin Lehmann and Melanie Kroeger 5. Developing and Adapting the POMMARD Model Tom Johnson, Sara Alva-Lizarraga, Karen Refsgaard, Thanassos Kampas, Demetris Psaltopoulos and Gemma Frances 6. Future Policy Scenarios Kenneth J. Thomson, John M. Bryden and Demetris Psaltopoulos 7. Farming, Multifunctionality and Regional Development in a Remote Rural Region: Trikala, Greece Sophia Efstratoglou, Demetris Psaltopoulos, Elias Giannakis, Athanasios Kampas and Christos Papadas 8. What Agrarian Policy for an Extensive Agricultural Area: The Case of Berguedà, Spain Lourdes Viladomiu, Gemma Francès and Jordi Rosell 9. Multifunctionality and Development in a Typical Agricultural Region: Bács-Kiskun, Hungary Tibor Ferenczi, Attila Jámbor and Krisztina Fodor 10. Rural Development and Multifunctionality in a Region with Unlimited Demand for Labour – The Norwegian Case Study Karen Refsgaard and Arild Spissøy 11. The Wetteraukreis in Germany – A Metropolitan Countryside Area That Connects the Urban and the Rural Karlheinz Knickel, Susanne von Muenchhausen, Melanie Kroeger and Holger Bergmann 12. Agriculture and Tourism in a Remote, Sparsely Populated Area – Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland, UK Holger Bergmann and Kenneth J. Thomson 13. Comparing the Outcomes of CAP Policy Reform Scenarios: Analysis of POMMARD Results and DEA Analysis Tibor Ferenczi, Kenneth J. Thomson and John M. Bryden 14. Implications for Policy Kenneth J. Thomson and John M. Bryden 15. Accommodating Multifunctionality in Policy Frameworks: Implications for Research Luca Juvančič, Thomas Dax, Karlheinz Knickel and Maria Giuseppina Eboli 16. Multifunctionality, Sustainable Territorial Development and Rural Policies in Europe – Some Concluding Reflections John M. Bryden, Sophia Efstratoglou, Tom Johnson, Tibor Ferenczi, Karlheinz Knickel, Karen Refsgaard and Kenneth J. Thomson

"Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe is a highly suggested reading for policy-makers and scholars interested in rural development and, more generally, rural areas. The authors and editors view rural development as a whole-embracing phenomenon that touches every aspect of human life." – International Journal of the Commons, Constantine Iliopoulos, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Athens, Greece