Our primary focus in the present paper is to research the current state of social infrastructure in rural areas of Ukraine. In addition, we attempt to identify the factors which impact the establishment of appropriate conditions in support of vital social functions and services among the...

Resources addressed in this work are human and social ones. They are integral parts of the institutional arrangements domain from the rural web concept. Institutional arrangements are drawn parallel with New Institutional Economics (NIE) in this study. Inside NIE the paper focuses on Social...

In-migration is generally accepted as a decisive factor of rural social and economic development and potential rural regeneration. Intellectual quality and practical experiences of new arrivals with their theoretical and practical knowledge, and also with their network of interpersonal contacts,...

The modern scientific discourse on economic development increasingly emphasises the role of cultural factors. Social sciences reach for the cultural theories when they cannot explain the lack of economic growth despite favourable conditions, especially the financial and institutional ones. In...

The paper looks first at the geographical conditions, specifically the economic, socio-cultural, demographic, and environmental, including local conditions as the vital factor underlying the course of transformation in mountainous rural areas. Next, the paper considers the results of the case...

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...

The Austrian Rural Development Programme of the current period 2000 - 2006 includes the measure "Vocational training" to improve the qualification of persons involved in agriculture and forestry as well as to help them convert their operations to other uses. The educational measures play an...

Rural tourism has become a significant economic activity in Spain, contributing also to the social revitalisation of rural areas. However, rural tourism destinations face particular challenges with respect to commercialisation and promotion. Because rural tourism industry remains highly...

The collapse of the communist regime in Romania, in December 1989, determined, at a very short period of time, the disappearance of the co-operative sector of Bolshevik type, once Law 18 (Land Law) was enforced in February 1991, which initiated the land ownership reform. The causes of the...

At the end of the XX century, in the countries with developed market economy is more and more present the assertion that beyond its fundamental function (production of food and fibbers), agriculture can create landscapes, manage to the non-renewable natural resources and environmental...