Contributors to this volume came together in the attempt to stimulate collective insight into trends of rural change in australia new zealand and europe the first two countries have been characterised by avowedly neoliberal rural policy with considerable departures from it in practice europe on the other hand by a mix of policy measures which attempt to integrate land management and . Tracking rural change community policy and technology in australia new zealand and europe. Tracking rural change community policy and technology in australia new zealand and europe link to publisher version statistics export reference to bibtex export reference to endnote xml altmetric citations description a key intensifying change affecting rural areas in the last few decades has been a decline in the proportion of national populations whose principal livelihood is . Tracking rural change book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers a key intensifying change affecting rural areas in the last few dec. A key intensifying change affecting rural areas in the last few decades has been a decline in the proportion of national populations whose principal livelihood is farming the corresponding re distribution of population has typically resulted in a net population loss to rural areas and diversification of rural activity the corporatization and technological modification of food production