How to select the rates of sustainable development in rural territories: the insights to methodological approach
2013
Simanskiene, L., Klaipeda Univ. (Lithuania). Dept. of Management | Kutkaitis, A., Klaipeda Univ. (Lithuania). Dept. of Management | Buciene, A., Klaipeda Univ. (Lithuania). Dept. of Social Geography
The integration of rural territories into contemporary development processes has lately been an undoubtedly popular subject of researcher discussions. A large area of rural territories, a relatively small number of population in them, and a high percentage of senior people make a certain impact on the economic development of countries and encourage different kinds of research aiming to motivate faster development. Rapid development at a merely economic level does not any longer comply with contemporary issues as the national strategies of regional development of most countries give priority to sustainable regional development, with the attention focussed on environmental protection and social security of population. The paper discusses the factors of rural territory development and the environmental and security criteria covering different spheres. The priorities and ways of identification sustainable development rates of rural territories are discussed, and the prerequisites and factors that affect sustainable development and the assessment of its situation are established. A methodological approach is presented, which can be applied both for the assessment of rural territory development in one country and for the comparison of sustainable development of rural territories in border regions of several countries.
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