Rural development and sustainability

Rural outmigration to emerging cities drives deagrarianization of marginal lands while enabling agricultural intensification in suitable areas across northwest Argentina's High Monte region.

Assessment of 44 municipalities in Krasnodar Krai using weighted indicators reveals urban economic dominance and dispersed rural leadership in social services.

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.

Systematic review of social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship in agri-food systems, examining their contribution to rural producer resilience across multiple dimensions.

Mobile phone data reveals how rural villages in Chongqing mountains shift between different functions on weekdays versus weekends, identifying four distinct village development types.

Analysis of UK regional development policies post-Brexit, comparing neoliberal market-driven approaches with alternative models like community wealth building and cooperative frameworks.

Methodology for clustering rural villages by socioeconomic and environmental indicators to direct localised sustainability interventions in Nagpur, India

Analysis of how tourists and farmers construct competing imaginaries of rural life through on-farm markets in France, revealing tensions between idealized representations.

Qualitative study of seven European cities examining how EU Community-Led Local Development funding excludes marginalised communities despite inclusive policy aims.

Framework for selecting participatory planning methods in urban freight policy. Study evaluates approaches across stakeholder heterogeneity, policy complexity, and time constraints.

Ethnographic study of Swedish rural education reveals tensions between local traditions and global digital influences, showing how place-making shapes students' aspirations and futures.

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.

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.

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.

Social network analysis of UK farm marketing channels reveals complex relationships between connectivity, functional integration, and resilience across 572 farm businesses.

Study examines cultural scripts adopted by women in German family farms and their psychological impact on farm succession, intergenerational transfer, and family dynamics.

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.

Agritourism adoption patterns among Kosovo smallholders in response to climate variability, examining motivations, enabling conditions, and effects on farm-level stress outcomes.

Analysis of 258 ARDSI projects in Mardin, Turkey (2012-2023) examining sectoral and spatial distribution under IPARD measures for sustainable rural development.