Policies for rural areas have become an important but complex policy field in the EuropeanUnion`s Common Agricultural Policy. The purpose of this paper is to report on amethodological approach pursued to model the allocation of EAFRD (European AgriculturalFund for Rural Development) funds in...

Since the late 1980s slogans like ‘use it or lose it’ or ‘conservation through sustainable use’ emphasized the economic use of wildlife for conservation and rural development. In addition, a stronger involvement of local communities instead of displacement and curtailing of their access...

Agri-environment schemes (AES) have been an important policy tool within the EU for over 15 years and are viewed as a central element of the Rural Development Regulation (RDR) in seeking to secure certain environmental public goods. Currently, AES tend to be action-based rather than...

Die Vieh- und Fleischwirtschaft trägt erheblich zum wirtschaftlichen Wachstum im Nordwesten Deutschlands bei. BeobachterInnen gehen aber davon aus, dass ihr sektorales Wachstum in Zukunft durch Ressourcenknappheit und eine stärkere Regulierung der Viehdichte sowie anderer Produktionsaspekte...

Some rural regions in Western Germany have experienced a very positive economic development in terms of employment and incomes in the past decade. This development, however, is in sharp contrast to the the enduring economic lag of many rural regions in Eastern Germany. This paper seeks to find...

Die Vieh- und Fleischwirtschaft trägt erheblich zum wirtschaftlichen Wachstum im Nordwesten Deutschlands bei. BeobachterInnen gehen aber davon aus, dass ihr sektorales Wachstum in Zukunft durch Ressourcenknappheit und eine stärkere Regulierung der Viehdichte sowie anderer Produktionsaspekte...

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industry structures and prosperity are quite obvious. On the one side, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification profiles. On the other side, some of these regions are...