Working Papers

Popular Issues

Our best-selling Working Papers, published 1993 - 2005, are available to download below.

The Foot and Mouth Crisis: Issues for Public Policy and Research (2001)
Working Paper 64 (PDF: 105KB)
ISBN 1 898655 98 7

What Lessons from Foot and Mouth? A Preliminary Economic Assessment of the 2001 Epidemic (2001)
Working Paper 63 (PDF: 115KB)
ISBN 1 898655 96 0

What is a 'Typical Local Food'? An Examination of Territorial Identity in Foods based on Development Initiatives in the Agrifood and Rural Sectors (2001)
Working Paper 58 (PDF: 130KB)
ISBN 1 898655 90 1

Reconsidering the Evaluation of Endogenous Development: Two Qualitative Approaches (1999)
Working Paper 39 (PDF: 1.5MB)
ISBN 1 898655 60 X

Prospects for a Voluntary Solution to Increasing Access to the Open Countryside: Lessons from Agri-Environment Schemes (1998)
Working Paper 37 (PDF: 160KB)
ISBN 1 898655 57 X

‘Second Pillar’ for the CAP? The European Rural Development Regulation and its Implications for the UK (1998)
Working Paper 36 (PDF: 185KB)
ISBN 1 898655 54 5

New Places and Space for Rural Development in the European Union: an analysis of the UK LEADER II programme (1998)
Working Paper 34 (PDF: KB)
ISBN 1 898655 52 9

Regional Policy, CAP Reform and Rural Development in Britain: the Challenge for New Labour (1998)
Working Paper 32 (PDF: 145KB)
ISBN 1 898655 49 9

The European Union’s Objective 5b Programmes and the UK (1997)
Working Paper 28 (PDF: 1.5MB)
ISBN 1 898655 42 1

The Transferability of Environmental Benefits: A Review of Recent Research in Water Resources Management (1994)
Working Paper 12 (PDF: 2.3MB)
ISBN 1 898655 17 0

Weaving the Seamless Web: A Consideration of Network Analysis and its Potential Application to the Study of the Rural Economy (1994)
Working Paper 3 (PDF: 2MB)
ISBN 1 898655 07 3

Archive

Copies of all Working Papers are available on request.

If you're interested in one of the titles below, please email cre@ncl.ac.uk to request a copy.

From 2002 - 2005

WP75 Youth, Citizenship and Modern Society: a Study of the Engaging Young People Project in East Cleveland (2005) Lee, R.
ISBN 1 903964 18 0

WP74 Futures Analysis, Public Policy and Rural Studies (2004) Ward, N. and Ray, C.
ISBN 1 903964 17 2

WP73 Farmland Abandonment, Functionality and Direct Payments: Lessons from Japan (2004) Shigeto, S. and Hubbard, L.J.
ISBN 1 903964 16 4

WP72 Social Inclusion through ICT: A Local Authority Study (2004) Talbot, H.
ISBN 1 903964 15 6

WP71 Economic Effects of Export Bans on British Beef (2005) Philippidis, G. and Hubbard, L.
ISBN 1 903964 14 8

WP70 Agenda 2000 Reform of the CAP: Impacts on Member States(2003) Hubbard, L. and Philippidus, G.
ISBN 1 903964 13 X

WP69 Art and Regeneration: Professional Artists in Tynedale (2003) Ellis, R.
ISBN 1 903964 12 1

WP68 Connectivity or Anonymity? Microbusinesses in the North East of England (2002) Phillipson, J., Gorton, M. and Laschewski, L.
ISBN 1 903964 08 3

WP67 The 2001 Foot and Mouth Crisis and the Management of Lesson Learning (2002) Ward, N., Donaldson, A. and Lowe, P.
ISBN 1 903964 06 7

WP66 Farming after Foot and Mouth (2002) Franks, J.
ISBN 1 903964 02 4

From 2001

WP65 Rural Development as Risk Management (2001) Kostov, P. and Lingard, J.
ISBN 1 903964 01 6

WP64 The Foot and Mouth Crisis: Issues for Public Policy and Research (2001) Lowe, P., Edwards, S. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 98 7

WP63 What Lessons from Foot and Mouth? A Preliminary Economic Assessment of the 2001 Epidemic (2001) Harvey, D.R.
ISBN 1 898655 96 0

WP62 Voicing Power: Women, Family Farming and Patriarchal (2001) Bennett, K.
ISBN 1 898655 94 4

WP61 The Influence of Three Different European Welfare States Upon the Development of Rural Women’s Groups: A Comparison of Sweden, Ireland and the United Kingdom (2001) Braithwaite, K.
ISBN 1 898655 93 6

WP60 Challenges for the Agri-Environment Policy in Central and Eastern Europe (2001) Zellei, A.
ISBN 1 898655 92 8

WP59 An Introduction to Soundscapes and Socio-economic Development: Languages, Dialects, Music and Environment (2001) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 91 X

WP58 .What is a 'Typical Local Food'? An Examination of Territorial Identity in Foods based on Development Initiatives in the Agrifood and Rural Sectors (2001) Tregear, A.
ISBN 1 898655 90 1

WP57 State Sponsored Facilitation of Small Business Networks: Evidence from the North East of England (2001) Laschewski, L, Phillipson, J. and Gorton, M.
ISBN 1 898655 89 8

WP56 The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Lives of Older People, especially in Rural Areas (2001) Stephenson, K.
ISBN 1 898655 88 X

From 2000

WP55 Transnational Cooperation and Strategies for Local Socio-Economic Development: Opportunity or Threat? (2000) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 87 1

WP54 A Department of Rural Affairs: Radical Reform or Red Herring?(2000) Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 86 3

WP53 Setting the Next Agenda? British and French Approaches to the Second Pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (2000) Lowe, P., Ward, N. and Buller, H.
ISBN 1 898655 85 5

WP52 French Regional and National Parks (2000) Buller, H.
ISBN 1 898655 84 7

WP51 Willingness to Pay for Rural Landscape Preservation: A Case Study in Mediterranean Agriculture (2000) Scarpa, R.
ISBN 1 898655 83 9

WP50 Modulation and the Implementation of Common Agricultural Policy Reform in the United Kingdom (2000) Falconer, K. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 79 0

WP49 Further Ideas about Local Rural Development: Trade, Production and Cultural Capital (2000) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 78 2

WP48 Discourses of Military Environmentalism (2000) Woodward, R.
ISBN 1 898655 77 4

WP47 Modelling Zero Values in Contingent Valuation Surveys (2000) Scarpa, R.
ISBN 1 898655 76 6

WP46 The Formation and Transformation of Business Co-operation - Some Preliminary Observations from the Rural North East of England(2000) Laschewski, L.
ISBN 1 898655 75 8

WP45 Endogenous Socio-Economic Development and Trustful Relationships: Partnerships, Social Capital And Individual (2000) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 74 X

From 1999

WP44 Environmental Policy Goals and the Objective 5b Programme: the Case of East Anglia (1999) Valve, H.
ISBN 1 898655 71 5

WP43 Policy for Small Business Support in Rural Areas: A Response to the DTI Consultation Paper: The Small Business Service (1999) Lowe, P and Talbot, H.
ISBN 1 898655 70 7

WP42 Linguistic Minorities in Rural Development: A Case Study of the Cornish Language and Cornwall (1999) Donaldson, A.
ISBN 1 898655 69 3

WP41 The Comprehensive Spending Review and the Countryside(1999) Lowe, P. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 66 9

WP40 The Reflexive Practitioner and the Policy Process (1999) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 62 6

WP39 Reconsidering the Evaluation of Endogenous Development: Two Qualitative Approaches (1999) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 60 X

WP38 Reinstatement, Renewal or Re-Creation of Access Rights: the Economics of a Right to Roam (1999) Whitby, M. and Falconer, K.
ISBN 1 898655 59 6

From 1997 - 1998

WP37 Prospects for a Voluntary Solution to Increasing Access to the Open Countryside: Lessons from Agri-Environment Schemes (1998) Raley, M., Garrod, G. and Willis, K.
ISBN 1 898655 57 X

WP36 A ‘Second Pillar’ for the CAP? The European Rural Development Regulation and its Implications for the UK (1998) Lowe, P. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 54 5

WP35 Regulated Freedoms: The Market and the State, Agriculture and the Environment (1998) Bell, M.M. and Lowe, P.
ISBN 1 898655 53 7

WP34 New Places and Space for Rural Development in the European Union: an analysis of the UK LEADER II programme (1998) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 52 9

WP33 Insecurities in Contemporary Country Life: Rural Communities and Social Change (1998) Ward, N. and Lowe, P.
ISBN 1 898655 51 0

WP32 Regional Policy, CAP Reform and Rural Development in Britain: the Challenge for New Labour (1998) Lowe, P. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 49 9

WP31 The Europeanisation of Rural Development Policy in The UK: the Case of East Anglia (1997) Ward, N. and Woodward, R.
ISBN 1 898655 47 2

WP30 People Power, Landfill and the Planning System (1997) Brown, A.
ISBN 1 898655 45 6

WP29 Globalization, Community Participation and Sustainable Rural Development: A Green Critique of EU Rural Development Policy (1997) Wood, D.
ISBN 1 898655 43 X

WP28 The European Union’s Objective 5b Programmes and the UK(1997) McNicholas, K. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 42 1

WP27 The Remaking of Community: Crofting, Forestry and the Construction of the Crofter-Forester (1997) Brown, A.
ISBN 1 898655 41 3

WP26 Measuring the Disamenity Associated with Pipes, Pylons and Overhead Cables at Recreational Sites (1997) Garrod, G. and Willis, K.
ISBN 1 898655 40 5

WP25 Culture Economies and Local Development (1997) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 39 1

WP24 Reconfiguring Rural Development in the UK: Objective 5b and the New Rural Governance (1997) Ward, N. and McNicholas, K.
ISBN 1 898655 38 3

From 1995 - 1996

WP23 The Dialectic of Local Development: The Case of the EU LEADER 1 Rural Development Programme (1996) Ray, C.
ISBN 1 898655 37 5

WP22 In Search of England: Popular Representations of Englishness and the English Countryside (1996) Scutt, R. and Bonnet, A.
ISBN 1 898655 35 9

WP21 The British Rural White Papers (1996) Lowe, P.
ISBN 1 898655 34 0

WP20 Financial, Public Exchequer and Social Value of Changes in Agricultural Output (1996) Saunders, C.
ISBN 1 898655 33 2

WP19 Green or Khaki Spaces? An Exploration of the Relationships Between the Armed Forces and Rural Areas in Britain (1996) Woodward, R.
ISBN 1 898655 32 4

WP18 Estimating the Benefits of Woodland Access Using An Hedonic Price Approach Based On Data from a Geographic Information System (1995) Powe, N., Garrod, G., Brunsdon, C. and Willis, K.
ISBN 1 898655 31 6

WP17 Governmentality and Territoriality: the Statistical Manufacture of Britain's 'National Farm' (1995) Murdoch, J. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 29 4

WP16 Using Geographical Information Systems to Apply the Travel Cost Method : A Study of Woodland Recreation Value (1995) Bateman, I., Garrod, G., Brainard, J. and Lovett, A.
ISBN 1 898655 28 6

WP15 An Economic Appraisal of the Viability of the Community Woodland Scheme (1995) Bateman, I., Garrod, G., Diamond, E. and Langford, I.
ISBN 1 898655 26 X

WP14 (1995) The CRE's Comments for the White Paper on Rural Areas(1995) Allanson, P., Harvey, D., Lowe, P., Murdoch, J., Ward, N. and Whitby, M.
ISBN 1 898655 23 5

From 1994

WP13 Sustainable Agriculture and Pollution Regulation in the UK (1994) Clark, J, Lowe, P., Seymour, S. and Ward, N.
ISBN 1 898655 21 9

WP12 The Transferability of Environmental Benefits : A Review of Recent Research in Water Resources Management (1994) Garrod, G. and Willis, K.
ISBN 1 898655 17 0

WP11 Changes in the Stock of Capital as an Indicator of the Sustainability of Primary Land Use in the UK (1994) Whitby, M. and Adger, W.N.
ISBN 1 898655 16 2

WP10 Estimating the Supply of Conservation Goods (1994) Whitby, M. and Saunders, C.
ISBN 1 898655 15 4

WP9 Sustainable Knowledge (1994) Murdoch, J. and Clark, J.
ISBN 1 898655 14 6

WP8 Livestock Location in England (1994) Saunders, C. and Moxey, A.
ISBN 1 898655 13 8

WP7 Using Contingent Valuation to Analyse the Determinants of Housing Supply : A Case Study of Kumasi, Ghana (1994) Garrod, G., Willis, K. G. and Tipple, G.
ISBN 1 898655 11 1

WP6 Agricultural Policy: an Update (1994) Saunders, C.
ISBN 1 898655 10 3

WP5 Discretionary Planning Laws and Decisions : A Paramorphic Analysis of Planning Permission for Mineral Development (1994) Willis, K.G.
ISBN 1 898655 09 X

WP4 The Household as a Focus for Comparative Research (1994) Wheelock, J. and Oughton, E.
ISBN 1 898655 08 1

WP3 Weaving the Seamless Web : A Consideration of Network Analysis and its Potential Application to the Study of the Rural Economy (1994) Murdoch, J.
ISBN 1 898655 07 3

WP2 The Changing Geography of Agricultural Land Use in England and Wales, 1975-90 (1994) Allanson, P., McClean, C. and Moxey, A.
ISBN 1 898655 05 7

WP1 The Rural Economy : An Evolutionary Perspective (1994) Allanson, P., Murdoch, J., Lowe, P., and Garrod, G.
ISBN 1 898655 04 9