Social capital in rural areas and the demand for land consolidation measures

Dudzinska, M., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn; Kocur-Bera, K., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn; Kowalczyk, C., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Social capital in rural areas and the demand for land consolidation measures

2015

Dudzinska, M., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland) | Kocur-Bera, K., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland) | Kowalczyk, C., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland)

Spatial modifications should be introduced in areas where members of the local community actively participate in consolidation projects. Social acceptance is the key prerequisite for successful land consolidation. How should the sequence of land consolidation measures be planned in a rural area whose inhabitants have not expressed their opinions about the project? Are the existing criteria, which are applied to evaluate land consolidation measures mostly in agricultural regions, sufficient? Scientists and practitioners have been developing criteria that should be taken into account in the process of planning land consolidation measures. This article analyzes the criteria for planning land consolidation measures in Poland. Most of them are based on economic parameters, such as farm fragmentation, average land plot area, average farm area, shape of farm fields, proportion of plot sides. A criterion that is disregarded in the planning process is the local community’s attitude to the undertaking. This article attempts to define additional criteria for planning land consolidation measures based on the local community’s attitude to the project. The study was carried out in the Lublin Region, which is characterized by the highest number of land consolidation schemes in Poland. Attempts were made to describe social activity levels in the region’s rural municipalities. The selection of variables characterizing the local community was a key stage of the study. Variables that were indirectly indicative of social activity were included in the analysis: voter turnout in elections, municipal councilors’ level of education, number of non-governmental organizations, and number of local action groups.

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actitudes agricultural structure attitude attitudes cuestionarios data analysis data collection demand demanda demande farm size land consolidation latvia letonia lettonie participation sociale poland pologne polonia population rurale questionnaire questionnaires recherche remembrement research rural population rural sociology social capital social participation sociologia rural sociologie rurale structure agricole taille de l'exploitation agricole

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Research for Rural Development. International Scientific Conference Proceedings (Latvia)

Numéro 21/2015 ISSN 1691-4031

Editeur

Latvia University of Agriculture

Pagination

p. 307-314

D'autres materias

Poblacion rural; Participacion social; Concentracion parcelaria; Analisis de datos; Estructura agricola; Tamano de la finca; Analyse de donnees; Coleccion de datos; Collecte de donnees; Investigacion

Langue

anglais

Type

Conference; Summary; Web Site; Ams

Conférence

International Scientific Conference: Research for Rural Development, 21, Jelgava (Latvia), 13-15 May 2015

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