Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Diversification and Innovation in Rural Development: UK: sustainable livelihoods on the island of Skye, Hilary Talbot, Lorna Dargan and Mark Shucksmith; Sweden: the non-agricultural; rural economy as a component of rural sustainable development, Karl Bruckmeier and Christina Höj Larsen; Poland: diversification and different contexts of knowledge - the case of Polish rural areas, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula, Andrzej Pilichowski and Pawel Starosta; Czech Republic: regional disparities and their influence on sustainable rural development - a comparison of 2 different regions, Vera Majerová; Hungary: nature and culture - resource management and knowledge use in a Hungarian micro-region, Bernadett Csurgó, Imre Kovách and Boldizsár Megyesi; Italy: practical knowledge and institutional mediation in a controversial case of clam farming, Giogio Osti and Francesco Silvestri. Part 2 Environment and Sustainability in Rural development: Ireland: ecologizing rural Ireland? Conflicts and contradictions regarding knowledge for sustainable development, Hilary Tovey; Norway: interpretations of sustainability related to designated areas - a Norwegian example, Karoline Daugstad; Germany: nature conservation and bio-diversity in the Northeast, Rosemarie Siebert and Lutz Laschewski; Poland: designing nature and resource management strategies - cases from Poland, Krzysztof Gorlach, Tomasz Adamski and Marta Klekotko; Portugal: natural resources, sustainability and rural development, Isabel Rodrigo and José Ferragolo da Viega; Greece: knowledge forms and sustainable management of natural resources in Lake Plastiras, Charalambos Kasimis, Alex Koutsouris, Constantinos Liarikos and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos. Part 3 Comparison and Synthesis of CORASON Case Studies: Innovation in rural development and rural sustainable development, Hilary Tovey, Karl Bruckmeier and Robert Mooney; Conclusion; Index.