Anecdotal evidence and selected information from the International Crime Victims Survey suggest that crime is higher in developing countries than in developed countries and that there are regionally big differences. Explanations and solutions to the persistence and prevalence of rural crime in...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Stephanie Assmann -- Challenges in rural areas -- Social sustainability in post-3.11 coastal Japan : the significance of social capital / ALYNE E. DELANEY -- Local schools in remote areas : challenges for youth, parents and community / JOHANNES WILHELM -- The...

Hauptzielrichtung des Arbeitskreises ist die Suche nach tragfähigen Ansätzen für eine regionale Entwicklung in ländlichen Räumen, die ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Aspekten gleichermaßen Rechnung trägt. Der Arbeitskreis hat sich bei seinen Arbeiten auf ein "moderates" Konzept...

Launched in 2011, the Second Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II) for Senegal has been hailed for effectively mainstreaming a gender perspective into an energy project. Under the project, women have participated more in decision making; developed skills in...