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Digitization as a Driver fur Rural Development—An Indicative Description of German Coworking Space Users

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Ukraine
development
rural development
Background: The urban-rural land divide is visible through where people choose to work. This article aims to detect how, where and why people use rural coworking spaces instead of or in addition to working in urban areas. Methods: The research relied on both documented evidence and a structured survey among users of coworking spaces. Results: We found that the choice of working in rural coworking spaces draws on certain benefits and opportunities for its users, such as avoiding social isolation, separating private and professional life, reducing the commuting.
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Similarities and dissimilarities between the EU agricultural and rural development model and Romanian agriculture. Challenges and perspectives

Land Use Policy Volume 44

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2015
Romania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
development
land policies
land use
research
rural development
The main aims of this study are to highlight the differences and the similarities between the European model of agricultural and rural development, and the state of play in the Romanian agricultural sector. Statistically speaking, the agricultural sector's indicators of the past two decades place Romania outside the family picture of the EU countries, with very slight resemblances, and very strong discrepancies between their economic, technical, and institutional characteristics.
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Owner or tenant: Who adopts better soil conservation practices?

Land Use Policy Volume 47

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2015
Czech Republic, Norway
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
rural development
sustainable land use
tenure security
Land tenure security is widely considered to be a fundamental factor in motivating farmers to adopt sustainable land management practices. This study aims to establish whether it is true that owner-operators adopt more effective soil conservation measures than tenant-operators, and whether well-designed agro-environmental instruments can provide sufficiently strong motivation to compensate for the differences between these two groups.
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Assessing the Viability of Vacant Farmhouse Market in China: A Case Study in Sichuan

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
United States of America, China, Russia
rural development
Massive and rapid urbanization has led to population loss in rural areas, particularly in emerging and developing countries like China. As a result, houses in rural areas become vacant, and the house prices in cities, at the same time, skyrocket.
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Measuring Multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes

Volume 9 Issue 8

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2020
China, Russia, United States of America
agriculture
rural development
Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has attracted increased attention from academics and policymakers in recent years. Academic researchers have utilised various approaches to assess and measure the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural landscapes. This paper outlines the nature of MFA and key supporting policies, before reviewing the applied research approaches, drawing primarily from the European Union and China where specific policies on MFA have been implemented to support rural development and promote sustainable rural communities.
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Landscape Approach towards Integrated Conservation and Use of Primeval Forests: The Transboundary Kovda River Catchment in Russia and Finland

Volume 9 Issue 5

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Finland, Russia, United States of America
rural development
Regional clear-felling of naturally dynamic boreal forests has left remote forest landscapes in northern Europe with challenges regarding rural development based on wood mining. However, biodiversity conservation with higher levels of ambition than what is possible in regions with a long forest history, and cultural heritage, offer opportunities for developing new value chains that support rural development.
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The Land Transfer from the State Treasury to Local Government Units as a Factor of Social Development of Rural Areas in Poland

Volume 8 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2019
Poland
development
rural areas
rural development
Sustainable rural development (with the development of social functions) is currently one of the basic objectives of the rural areas policy in Poland. The main purpose of this article is to determine the level of social development of rural areas and to examine whether the National Support Center for Agriculture (NSCA) activities (in the form of transferring land to communes for the implementation of social goals) have an impact on that development, and to what extent. In this article, an assessment of the social development level of rural areas using the Hellwig method was carried out.
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A szociális és szolidáris gazdaság csírái a magyarországi vidéki térségekben (Seeds of Social and Solidarity Economy in Hungarian Rural Areas)

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Hungary
Urban Tenure
urban population
rural development
The social and solidarity economy (SSE) is an emerging sector of the European economies. It’s importance is demonstrated by millions of employees and significant share of GDP. In recognition of its perceptivity, ministries dedicated to SSE have been established in many countries. However, there is a lively debate about on the definition of SSE itself. Opinions on the role of employment, the relations to governments and attitudes to competitiveness differ from each other. In the first part of my paper a clarification of the conceptual issues will be summarized.
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Looking Beyond the Horizon : How Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Responses Will Reshape Agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2013
Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
farmers
farming systems
farmland
fisheries
food security
forestry
land use
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
This volume presents a synthesis of the multi-country collaborative program of analytical and advisory activities titled reducing vulnerability to climate change in European and Central Asian (ECA) agricultural systems. Climate change and its impacts on agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident throughout the ECA region. Adaptation measures now in use in the region-largely piecemeal efforts-would be insufficient to prevent impacts on agricultural production over the coming decades.