C<sc>ourtney</sc> P., L<sc>épicier</sc> D. and S<sc>chmitt</sc> B. Spatial patterns of production linkages in the context of Europe's small towns: how are rural firms linked to the local economy?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Small towns have received increasing attention from policy-makers aiming to stimulate rural development...

The diversity of woodland ownership in England has increased in recent decades to encompass a wide range of non-financially-oriented owners, many with little previous experience of woodland management. With public benefits such as environmental conservation, amenity and carbon sequestration...

Over recent years, socio-economic restructuring has tended to undermine the tradition al functions of small rural towns. Empirical evidence also suggests that significant proportion s of economic transactions are carried out through the region al, national an d international economy....

The determinants of local economic performance have provided a focus for theoretical debate and posed a conundrum for rural policy makers aiming to address local and regional disparities in the face of global competitiveness. The complex interrelationship of potential explanatory factors is...

[eng] Evolution of income's dairy farmers . The income's variation of dairy farms since the introduction of milk quotas is analysed with two constant samples of FADN (83-88 and 88-91). After an amelioration over the first period, the relative position of dairy farmers declines due to a negative...

SCHMITT B. (1999) Economic geography and contemporary rural dynamics: an empirical test on some French regions, Reg. Studies 33 , 697-711. This paper presents an economic geography framework used to account for rural population and employment changes. Besides agglomerative forces, these models...

We examine whether the restrictions on manure land application weaken productivity gains arising from agglomeration in the hog sector. By developing a spatial model of production, we show that while regulating the manure application rate promotes dispersion ceteris paribus, it also prompts...