Multiple Capitals Approach for Upland Agricultural Systems

Lois Mansfield

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Routledge
05 June 2025

Environmental economics; Primary industries; Biodiversity; Management of land & natural resources; Agricultural science

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

This book focuses on upland agricultural systems and applies a multiple capitals approach to explain what they can provide at a time when many are struggling to survive.

Marginal upland agricultural systems have been distorted and derailed by modern economics, politics, and the drive to intensification. This book argues for the application of a multiple capitals approach to resource management challenges for marginal upland agricultural communities. Instead of considering what upland agricultural systems lack, the book showcases how a multiple capitals framework can demonstrate the importance, interrelationships, and relevance of the suite of capitals (natural, human, social, cultural, and financial) to achieve better outcomes for upland communities, broader ecosystem services, and wider society more generally. It is designed to connect theory to practice to provide underpinning knowledge and guidance to help upland agricultural communities thrive. Drawing on case studies from the UK and Japan, as well as making comparisons with Central and South American countries, the book recommends tools for monitoring different forms of capital and suggests a management process driven by multiple capitals to create resilience in upland agricultural systems.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of agriculture, natural resource management, ecosystem services, rural development, and those interested in applying a multiple capitals approach more widely within policy and landscape management contexts.

By: Lois Mansfield
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032377605
ISBN 10: 1032377607
Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 05 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.

Reviews for Multiple Capitals Approach for Upland Agricultural Systems

""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.