CONTENTS Acknowledgement vii Foreword viii Preface ix 1. Review of Recent Studies in Cultural Factors in Rural Development 1 2. Tribal Cultural Factors in Rural Development: Seven Narratives from South Gujarat Region of India 34 3. Measurement and Determinations of Cultural Factors in Rural Development 53 4. Rural Energy Scene and Policy Actions 73 5. Rural Energy System and Agriculture; Alternative Scenarios for Gujarat 91 6. Energy and Environmental Issues in Rural Development 123 7. Some Notes on Appropriate Technology for Rural Development 136 8. Development of Rural Industries through District Industries Centre: A. Case of Surat District Industrial Centre of Gujarat 146 9. Gandhian Approach to Rural Development 163 10. Gandhian Voluntary Agencies and Rural Development: An Experience of Gujarat State in India 184 11. Rural Transformation through Vansada Model of Tribal RehabiUtion: BAIF Development Research Foundation 208 12. An Approach to Rural Development through Cooperative Structure: A Case of TFRD 238 13. Cooperative and Rural Development Under Economic Liberalization 245 14. Rural Change through Swadhyay: An Initial Response 264 15. Social Forestry-An Approach to Sustainable Rural Development: An Experience of Gujarat 280