The paper presents the approach to the analysis of spatial relationships between the town and surrounding rural areas. The main objective was to compare the competitiveness and living conditions of the areas located in the surroundings of towns with different number of inhabitants and situated...

A vidékfejlesztési programok működésének szerény eredménye, hogy az elmúlt tíz évben magyarországi alkalmazásuk hozzájárult a vidéki térségekből történő elvándorlás mérséklődéséhez. A vidékfejlesztési támogatások a vidéki gazdaság, a környezet és a...

living standard, quality of life, liveability, North-East Hungary, regional differences, questionnaire survey

The research starts from the necessity to create specific tools for evaluating the impacts of rural development policies on fragile areas. The objective of this study is to exploit a synthetic measure of marginality, obtained through a specific tool set by IRES Piemonte (Institute of Socio...

The TOP-MARD research project (Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development), that will be here described in its Italian version, links farmers’ behaviour with their economic, social and environmental effects, showing the difference between a behaviour guided by...

Patterns of economic growth in rural Appalachia are examined with a focus on natural and built amenities. While the literature is clear that rural areas endowed with scenic beauty, lakes, forests, and wildlife, among other natural amenities, and coupled with built amenities such as golf courses,...

A Dél-Mátra 11 településeiből az önkormányzatoktól és civil szervezetektől érkezett a legtöbb pályázat. A vállalkozók és magánszemélyek visszafogott meg-jelenésének valószínű oka az önerő hiánya. A nagyszámú beadott pályázat arra enged következtetni, hogy nagy az...

The main objective of the study is to verify the impact of program of small agricultural credit on the quality of life of the benefited families in the state of Ceara. The data was obtained through the application of questionnaires to the benefited families in the county of Quixada. Table,...

The number of public high school districts in North Dakota declined from 256 in 1970 to 186 in 1994. Thirty-one percent of the decline in number of districts occurred from 1990 to 1994. Eight communities (four pairs) that had gone through a school district consolidation and school closure during...

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o impacto do artesanato na qualidade de vida da comunidade de Porto dos Barcos, do município de Itarema, Estado do Ceará. Para isso, foi construído um Índice de Qualidade de Vida, utilizando uma metodologia sugerida por Khan (2000), com o objetivo de...