, shops, hotels, ets. are built in the capital. In regional centers - fewer shops, hotels, etc. are built. And rural area … other inner territories; -between urban and rural areas, culture and science; that reduced the "quality" of services … given in towns. Services gradually "leave" rural areas - many objects of social infrastructure are closed. The lack of …

The aim of this paper is to shed light on territorial development and rural development issues, and to review the links … one hand, rural policies incorporate explicitly the territorial dimension, even though the rural-urban distinction is … short circuits or local foods deal with the generalization of an urban model. Finally, regional science pays attention to …

international organisations and national/regional authorities. New concepts can be drawn from this comparative analysis: 1) rural …The main objective of this work is to review the recent achievements on the mechanisms explaining local and rural … development, which underpin the current definition of rural areas in the European literature. The analysis carried out in this …

Agricultural, quality agro-food, supply-chain and rural districts were introduced by Italian law in 2001. With … reference to European structural policies, especially rural development policy, and to the districts' originality and …