This paper discusses the Brazilian rural development model in the context of Green Economy and the debate about sustainable development, issues that have been discussed in international sphere. In this way, conceptions and new concepts have been defined which clarify the ideas and mechanisms...

The author discusses issues of sustainable development in rural areas in Poland from the perspective of environmental economics. It is argued that the growths in the entropy of matter and energy which can be observed in urban areas is also increasing in rural areas. Expressions of this process...

Die Beteiligung von Bürgern und Interessengruppen an der Gestaltung öffentlicher Vorhaben gewinnt in vielen Politikbereichen an Bedeutung. Gerade unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Nachhaltigkeit und angesichts immer komplexer werdender Problemlagen gelten partizipative Prozesse als geeignetes Mittel...