Nature and Agriculture in the European Union: New Perspectives on Policies That Shape the European Countryside Book

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	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Agriculture and nature in conflict?	1
2	Economics and the interface between agriculture and nature	19
3	Ecology and the interface between agriculture and nature	40
4	Agri-environmental policy development in the European Union	67
5	Environmental valuation methods in rural resource management	88
6	Water availability in the Mediterranean region	117
7	Agricultural policy and nature conservation in the UK	141
8	The pivotal role of the agricultural land market in the Netherlands	162
9	Broadening the sectoral perspective on agricultural policy in Greece	182
10	Marketing public goods and externalities provided by agriculture and forestry	207
11	Co-operative agreements to improve efficiency and effectiveness of policy targets	233
12	Integrated rural development	252
13	Agriculture and nature: retrospect and prospect	283
	Index	291