Cet article propose une analyse de l’intégration économique locale des entreprises et des territoires ruraux, en s’appuyant sur des données d’enquêtes réalisées auprès d’entreprises non agricoles localisées dans 12 zones d’études françaises et portugaises composées d’un...

Small and medium-sized towns have traditionally formed an integral part of the agricultural sector and wider rural economy, acting as a source of farm inputs, a first destination of farm outputs and as a source of consumer goods and services to farm households. In recent years, this relationship...

Les communes lorraines sont en général plus petites et moins bien équipées que les autres communes françaises. Avec une durée moyenne de 16 minutes pour joindre l’ensemble des équipements et des services, la population des bassins lorrains a une situation similaire à la moyenne...

C<sc>ourtney</sc> P., L<sc>épicier</sc> D. and S<sc>chmitt</sc> B. Spatial patterns of production linkages in the context of Europe's small towns: how are rural firms linked to the local economy?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Small towns have received increasing attention from policy-makers aiming to stimulate rural development...

Small and medium-sized towns have traditionally formed an integral part of the agricultural sector and wider rural economy, acting as a source of farm inputs, a first destination of farm outputs and as a source of consumer goods and services to farm households. In recent years, this relationship...

New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...

This report is the final deliverable of TRUSTEE task 3.3. It present the research protocol, the methodology used and most of results. LEADER is qualified as down-up approach combining EU policy framework and local strategy. The implementation is quite heterogeneous dependend on institutional...

D<sc>issart</sc> J.-C., A<sc>ubert</sc> F. and L<sc>épicier</sc> D. Analysing the distribution of population-based employment in France, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The objective of this paper is to analyse the spatial distribution of employment in population-based services across metropolitan France. The population-based economy...