Regional development is receiving a lot of attention nowadays in European policy. A possible stepping stone to achieve regional development is regional identity. This paper investigates whether regional identity can contribute to the specific case of agricultural regional development. One...

A SAPARD-ban, az AVOP-ban és az NVT-ben rendelkezésre álló források a magyar agrárium és a vidéki gazdaság szerkezet-átalakításának, modernizálásá-nak megkezdését szolgálták, a szükséges változások megvalósításához viszont szerények voltak. A három program...

Abstract This study develops a conceptual model of the institutions and key factors that facilitate competitiveness on the national and subsector level and then determines how linkages between the factors that enhance competitiveness and regional development can be created. Turkey and the...

Neste trabalho, buscou-se utilizar a técnica multivariada de análise dos componentes principais para verificar, dentre três indicadores selecionados, qual apresenta maior influência no nível de desenvolvimento da Mesorregião Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte para o ano de 2004. A discussão...

O propósito deste trabalho é tecer algumas considerações sobre a dinâmica populacional em quatros projetos de assentamento da microrregião do Baixo Acre e suas implicações no desenvolvimento regional, buscando a compreensão a respeito dos agentes econômicos e sua relação com o êxodo...

Tourism is regarded as the world’s future. Agritourism is a unique symbiosis of agriculture and tourism. Based on extensive analysis of the state agritourism in the Czech Republic, it was found that information on agritourism facilities is very diverse and disorderly, lacking a...

The study aimed at identifying factors limiting the Tietê and Paraná valleys economic growth. Specifically, it analyzed the importance of the capital stocks for economic growth of these and the other counties in São Paulo State. Nine factors were generated by Principal Components Method to...

The main objective of the study was to evaluate the potential of investment attractiveness of rural areas in Poland. An attempt was made at setting up a hierarchy and grouping of municipalities and regions in Poland in terms of a synthetic index of attractiveness for investors. In addition, an...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy creates great opportunities for the areas of Eastern Poland, mainly by means of promoting a change of its orientation towards the development of its multifunctionality. These processes must be accompanied by an increase of GDP stimulating an increase in...