This paper focuses on the main drivers of the distribution of the Rural Development Policy's expenditure throughout the EU. Ex-post funds distribution across EU NUTS3 regions is considered. Three effects are admitted as major drivers: the "country effect"; the "rural effect" (i.e., the more...

The paper proposes an evolutionary reading of rural development referred to cases of rapid industrial growth, where a strong concentration process has involved the main urban centres and the successful industrial districts. This territorial development pattern has gradually extinguished rural...

La possibilita' di una crisi alimentare a livello mondiale rischia, allo stato attuale, di coinvolgere non solo le regioni dove minore Š la capacita' produttiva e di approvvigionamento. I problemi legati alla pressione demografica mondiale, all'uso eccessivo delle risorse, al loro degrado, al...