Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities
In the 1990s, the European Commission, through the then-novel Leader Initiative, launched rural development programs whose main objective was economic diversification based on the development of new recreational, touristic, or agro-industrial uses that were emerging. The modest size of the investmen...
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| description | In the 1990s, the European Commission, through the then-novel Leader Initiative, launched rural development programs whose main objective was economic diversification based on the development of new recreational, touristic, or agro-industrial uses that were emerging. The modest size of the investments associated with these programs and their participatory development models often ensured that these projects were implemented harmoniously in economic, social, and environmental terms. However, there is now a growing interest in other types of investment in rural areas, such as renewable energies, diffuse industrialization projects, and even the extraction and processing of strategic minerals. These investments can be valuable alternatives for achieving the longed-for economic diversification, although it is no less true that they involve abruptly altering the rural environment's traditional agricultural and livestock uses. This Special Issue provided scientific and academic evidence regarding the implementation of these two types of projects: their long-term viability, their impact on the demographic and economic structures of the regions or districts in which they are implemented, and the change in traditional land uses, as well as any other indicators related to the socio-economic development of these environments. This endeavor also included some case studies, which, based on different methodological approaches, approach the subject under study in developed countries and developing regions of the world affected by the same problems. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1392912024-07-04T09:37:38Z Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities Castellano-Álvarez, Francisco Javier Robina-Ramírez, Rafael Silva, Francisco José Ferreira rural revitalization evolution model sustainable development influencing factors management policy digital inclusive finance digital village technological innovation digital facilities digital literacy fascination destination place attachment pro-environmental behavior reasonable person model (RPM) integrated development farmers’ income growth PSM-DID masking effect rural tourism educational homesteads participation local action group multidimensional relative poverty poverty trap behavior motivation agritourism dehesa value chain rural environments depopulation Extremadura (Spain) Leader approach private promoters semi-structured interviews SMEs crafts and services agricultural valorization operational failed and transferred projects clean toilets mental health toilet revolution IV-Tobit model China rural rural families poverty catastrophic health expenditures financial assets financial literacy rural areas development territorial cohesion Delphi method Spain n/a thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies In the 1990s, the European Commission, through the then-novel Leader Initiative, launched rural development programs whose main objective was economic diversification based on the development of new recreational, touristic, or agro-industrial uses that were emerging. The modest size of the investments associated with these programs and their participatory development models often ensured that these projects were implemented harmoniously in economic, social, and environmental terms. However, there is now a growing interest in other types of investment in rural areas, such as renewable energies, diffuse industrialization projects, and even the extraction and processing of strategic minerals. These investments can be valuable alternatives for achieving the longed-for economic diversification, although it is no less true that they involve abruptly altering the rural environment's traditional agricultural and livestock uses. This Special Issue provided scientific and academic evidence regarding the implementation of these two types of projects: their long-term viability, their impact on the demographic and economic structures of the regions or districts in which they are implemented, and the change in traditional land uses, as well as any other indicators related to the socio-economic development of these environments. This endeavor also included some case studies, which, based on different methodological approaches, approach the subject under study in developed countries and developing regions of the world affected by the same problems. 2024-07-04T09:37:32Z 2024-07-04T09:37:32Z 2024 book ONIX_20240704_9783725811236_87 9783725811236 9783725811243 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/139291 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/9287 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/9287 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-1124-3 10.3390/books978-3-7258-1124-3 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725811236 9783725811243 236 open access |
| spellingShingle | rural revitalization evolution model sustainable development influencing factors management policy digital inclusive finance digital village technological innovation digital facilities digital literacy fascination destination place attachment pro-environmental behavior reasonable person model (RPM) integrated development farmers’ income growth PSM-DID masking effect rural tourism educational homesteads participation local action group multidimensional relative poverty poverty trap behavior motivation agritourism dehesa value chain rural environments depopulation Extremadura (Spain) Leader approach private promoters semi-structured interviews SMEs crafts and services agricultural valorization operational failed and transferred projects clean toilets mental health toilet revolution IV-Tobit model China rural rural families poverty catastrophic health expenditures financial assets financial literacy rural areas development territorial cohesion Delphi method Spain n/a thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title | Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title_full | Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title_short | Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities |
| title_sort | rural areas facing the challenge of economic diversification threats and opportunities |
| topic | rural revitalization evolution model sustainable development influencing factors management policy digital inclusive finance digital village technological innovation digital facilities digital literacy fascination destination place attachment pro-environmental behavior reasonable person model (RPM) integrated development farmers’ income growth PSM-DID masking effect rural tourism educational homesteads participation local action group multidimensional relative poverty poverty trap behavior motivation agritourism dehesa value chain rural environments depopulation Extremadura (Spain) Leader approach private promoters semi-structured interviews SMEs crafts and services agricultural valorization operational failed and transferred projects clean toilets mental health toilet revolution IV-Tobit model China rural rural families poverty catastrophic health expenditures financial assets financial literacy rural areas development territorial cohesion Delphi method Spain n/a thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies |
| topic_facet | rural revitalization evolution model sustainable development influencing factors management policy digital inclusive finance digital village technological innovation digital facilities digital literacy fascination destination place attachment pro-environmental behavior reasonable person model (RPM) integrated development farmers’ income growth PSM-DID masking effect rural tourism educational homesteads participation local action group multidimensional relative poverty poverty trap behavior motivation agritourism dehesa value chain rural environments depopulation Extremadura (Spain) Leader approach private promoters semi-structured interviews SMEs crafts and services agricultural valorization operational failed and transferred projects clean toilets mental health toilet revolution IV-Tobit model China rural rural families poverty catastrophic health expenditures financial assets financial literacy rural areas development territorial cohesion Delphi method Spain n/a thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies |
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