scholarly journals Can local policy options reverse the decline process of small and marginalized rural areas influenced by global change?

2022 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
A. Tenza-Peral ◽  
I. Pérez-Ibarra ◽  
A. Breceda ◽  
J. Martínez-Fernández ◽  
A. Giménez
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Local Policy

scholarly journals Exploring Policy Options for a New Rural America: Conference Synthesis

2002 ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
S. R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Rural America ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
High Government ◽  
Policy Priority

This Conference has more then lived up to its billing, exploring policy options for a new rural America but in addition identifying the basis for a new framework for rural policy. Evidence that a new policy framework is needed is abundant (Stauber). In one way or another, rural areas of North America and of most of the developed world have for at least the past century experienced secular decline compared to urban areas. This has occurred during a period of high government transfers or subsidies, both direct and from policy interventions that have distorted the functioning of markets. It is clear that the systemic discrepancy between rural and urban populations/areas is a public policy priority. It is just as clear that there has not been a consensus on how to address these development and economic issues. Much funding and technical assistance has been allocated with little apparent impact on the condition of rural areas and rural people.

scholarly journals When Urban Planning Doctrine Meets Low Density Countryside

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Maarit Sireni
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
National Planning ◽  
Settlement Structure ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Newspaper

AbstractDrawing on an empirical analysis of Finnish local policy-makers’ views on land use planning aims in rural areas, this paper investigates local responses to the new national planning regulations set out by the Government. According to the new norms, a dense settlement structure should be promoted not only in urban centres but also in rural areas in order to curb climate change and improve the viability of communities. Based on the data obtained from an internet-based survey conducted by a regional newspaper in western Finland before municipal elections in 2008 and 2012, this paper shows that the majority of the local policy-makers challenge the new norms. They do not believe that sustainable development can be promoted by constraining building rights in the rural region characterised by a dispersed settlement structure.

Modeling the bio-refinery industry in rural areas: A participatory approach for policy options comparison

2011 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 18-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lopolito ◽  
Gianluca Nardone ◽  
Maurizio Prosperi ◽  
Roberta Sisto ◽  
Antonio Stasi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Policy Options

Technology will transform China's rural areas

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Major Shift

Subject Rural digitalisation in China. Significance There has been a major shift in the focus of China’s economic development policy from urbanisation to the countryside, where more than 40% of the population still live. Policymakers highlight digitalisation and e-commerce as key tools of rural modernisation. Impacts National and local policy initiatives will lead the expansion of rural digitalisation, but market forces will incentivise farmers. Urbanites will benefit from the rising incomes of their rural counterparts, as a more prosperous countryside creates market opportunities. Agricultural automation and online health services could transform rural life, but are still in the early stages.

Optimization Model of Local Policy on Rural Tourism Income Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Zhonghui Kang

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1152-1159
Author(s):  
Zhonghui Kang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
Rural Revitalization

Under the background of the implementation of Rural Revitalization Strategy, rural tourism has become another important way to drive rural development and realize rural revitalization after the mechanized operation mode. Relying on the characteristics of rural resources, rural tourism gives full play to its role. Aiming at the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, it optimizes the resource allocation structure in rural areas, coordinates the industrial development, and constructs the characteristic rural tourism mode to meet the spiritual needs of contemporary people. With the development of new rural tourism mode relying on agricultural resources, such as research base, agricultural industrial park, characteristic towns and so on, more and more people love rural tourism. The development of rural tourism injects new vitality into rural areas, promotes the growth of rural regional economy, effectively increases farmers’ employment, promotes industrial integration, and is conducive to solving the “three rural” problems, reducing poverty, and promoting the construction of a well-off society.

scholarly journals SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES OF RURAL AREAS’ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Maria ILINA ◽  
◽  
Yulia SHPYLIOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Anthropogenic Activity ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
The Sustainable Development

Low standards of people’s living and economic depression in rural areas in Ukraine make it difficult to achieve the systemic integrity of economic, social and environmental components of the sustainable development. The imbalance between these components causes worsening of the environmental harms and deteriorates conditions for the human capital’s reproduction. The purpose of the article is to substantiate with theoretical and practical means the content and structure of social and ecological imperatives, which are represented as norms and standards relating to economic activities aiming to improve the policy of natural resources use and protect the ecosystem’s integrity of the territories. Economic imperatives reflect a set of rules applied to all economic entities operating within the current regulatory framework. It takes into account various factors and immanent actions. Key challenges, which are most urgent for a society at a certain time and form guidelines for solving problems of social relations and interactions, determine structure and content of social imperatives. Ecological imperatives regulate anthropogenic activity formally and informally and cause changes in the natural environment. They are dynamic and can vary depending on the level of the development of a society, its technologies, welfare, and institutional framework. Laws and principles of the development, summarized in the form of the imperatives, outline the target benchmarks and national priorities on modernization of the economy and improvement of living standards. Spatial differentiation of the territories takes into account their proximity to urban centers, the degree of economic capacity, the availability of social infrastructure of the proper quality, and meeting environmental standards. One more significant parameter is the availability of assets, which are defined as a set of resources of a territory, the potential and opportunities for their use. The achievement of the national priorities in Ukraine currently is complicated with inefficient use of territorial assets. Social and ecological imperatives are the solid value and normative ground for the development of local policy. One of its obvious steps is the mutually linked differentiation of the priorities, types of the territories and available assets of them.

Global activism and the prospects for a healthier future

2019 ◽  
pp. 390-419
Author(s):  
Ronald Labonté ◽  
Arne Ruckert
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
National Governments

Economic inequality and ecological depredation are the two greatest health perils facing humanity. Globalization processes have intensified these entwined risks; but there are policy options that could begin to move both in a healthier direction. Some options are reform oriented, leaving basic economic systems intact; others are radical in the depth of global redistribution of wealth and environmental resources required. Mitigating policy choices from earlier chapters are gathered and summarized, along with descriptions of some of the peak civil society organizations working for global change across the activist spectrum from parsimonious reform to systemic overhaul. National governments remain the key policy actors in terms of how they choose to give shape to a contemporary globalization in need of a ‘shake up’ and not simply a ‘patch up’. The main advocates for such a ‘shake up’ at both national and global levels remain civil society organizations and their many activist members.

scholarly journals Questioning the Role of Tourism as an Engine for Resilience: The Role of Accessibility and Economic Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu ◽  
Mihail Eva ◽  
Alexandra Gheorghiu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Relevant Topic ◽  
Valid Evidence ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
The Impact

During the last decades, tourism activities were promoted by local and regional policy-makers as a universal solution for rural areas’ suffering from massive depopulation, technological delay, or economical struggles. A large debate flourished in the literature on whether and to what extent tourism could play a role in supporting rural localities. Some valid evidence was brought by researchers backing the cure-all role of tourism, as well as by those who criticized the limited, or even negative, impact of tourism on rural areas. However, following the economic crisis of 2008, the attention switched to a newer and more relevant topic: Does tourism increase the resilience performance of rural areas? Our paper tries to answer this question by focusing on both economic and demographic resilience, which are the most sensitive sectors during an important shock. Following a detailed territorial breakdown according to a twofold typology (spatial accessibility and number of employees), correlations were used to determine the impact of tourism activities on building resilience for each type of rural territory. The results indicated a positive effect of tourism activities upon economic and demographic resilience performance in highly accessible rural areas, while in peripheral areas, the impact was insignificant. This paper provides new insights into the various roles that tourism plays in rural areas and offers suggestions for local policy-makers.

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