Tag: Rural development and sustainability
Outmigration shifts population and land use in northwest Argentina
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Rural outmigration to emerging cities drives deagrarianization of marginal lands while enabling agricultural intensification in suitable areas across northwest Argentina’s High Monte region.
Hometown-return entrepreneurship boosts agricultural resilience
Study evaluates China’s hometown-return entrepreneurship policy impact on agricultural economic resilience using panel data from 2005 counties, finding stronger policy effects in western regions.
Hybrid agri-food practices supported rural resilience
Systematic review of social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship in agri-food systems, examining their contribution to rural producer resilience across multiple dimensions.
Chongqing villages show different dominant functions by day
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Mobile phone data reveals how rural villages in Chongqing mountains shift between different functions on weekdays versus weekends, identifying four distinct village development types.
Village clustering helps localize sustainability planning in Nagpur region
Methodology for clustering rural villages by socioeconomic and environmental indicators to direct localised sustainability interventions in Nagpur, India
Land-use change patterns differed between two highland regions
Comparative analysis of land use transformations in Polish and Argentine highland regions reveals location-specific social conflicts driven by divergent cropland trajectories and market integration.
Village resilience in Qianshan is moderately low and uneven
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Examines spatial patterns of rural resilience across 170 villages in Anhui, China, identifying infrastructure and public services as key constraints to adaptive capacity and village development.
Rural social networks shaped wildfire response in Sweden
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Explore how rural Swedish communities mobilised local networks and resources during the 2018 wildfire crisis, revealing tensions between informal rural resilience and state-level disaster.
Most UK farms use one or two marketing channels
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in MarketingSocial network analysis of UK farm marketing channels reveals complex relationships between connectivity, functional integration, and resilience across 572 farm businesses.
Rural care trips make up about 35% of daily travel
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Explore care mobility patterns in rural South Tyrol, examining how caregiving trips differ from urban areas with longer distances, off-peak timing, and reliance on private transport.
