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Exploring the Rural within the Italian local development policy
2022
The countryside has a major role in Italy’s territorial identity and organization. The way agriculture has shaped the Italian territory and society, however, is a very complex historical process, marked by different political and economic purposes. By looking at the national territory under such an evolutionary perspective, and the changing approaches to rural development due to the influence of EU policies, this paper describes the main policy instruments that have been implemented across the Italian regions in recent decades. After this overview, the paper concludes with a critical discussion on the limits and potential of rural areas in the country’s development process.
Sustainability and multifunctionality in Mediterranean cropping systems: the role of medicinal and aromatic plants
2010
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, shortly termed MAPs, are a huge category of plant species, which have in common their aptitude to supply substances, respectively medicines and flavours, that are or may be used by people for a large number of uses, having a various level of complexity: from plants which are used by man “as they are” or after a minimum transformation, addressed to human food (the spices), or herbal self-therapy (the traditional medicinal plants), it is possible to drop to species employed by highly sophisticated industrial sectors such as perfume or cosmetic industries, passing through almost all intermediate ways and complexities. Many of these plants find the best growing co…
Kreatywność jako czynnik rozwoju obszarów wiejskich na przykładzie województwa opolskiego
2018
W opracowaniu przedstawiono znaczenie i wpływ kreatywności oraz innowacyjności na rozwój obszarów wiejskich. Zdefiniowano pojęcie kreatywności i sektorów kreatywnych, wskazano działania w zakresie rozwoju kreatywności i aktywizacji mieszkańców obszarów wiejskich. Określono wpływ działalności pozarolniczej na jakość życia ludności wiejskiej oraz przedstawiono przykłady aktywizacji i różnych działań kreatywnych będących formą przedsięwzięć innowacyjnych na obszarach wiejskich województwa opolskiego.
Wykorzystanie zasobów baz danych GIS na potrzeby analizy zróżnicowania obszarów wiejskich w aspekcie działań PROW = Application of GIS databases for …
2018
Realizacja działań w ramach Programu Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich (PROW) wymaga obiektywnego rozpoznania potrzeb ich wdrażania, w oparciu o wyniki analiz złożonych procesów przyrodniczych i ekono- miczno-demograficznych zachodzących w czasie i przestrzeni obszarów wiejskich. Wzrastająca funkcjonalność Systemów Informacji Geograficznej (GIS) oraz powszechna dostępność do informacji przestrzennej spowodowały, że bazy danych GIS i analizy geoprzestrzenne stały się skutecznym narzędziem wpierającym implementację działań PROW. Celem pracy jest przedstawienie możliwości wykorzystania danych geoinformacyjnych wybranych baz danych GIS do analizy zróżnicowania przestrzennego obszarów wiejskich wojewód…
Renewable energy for sustainable rural development: synergies and mismatches
2020
Abstract Energy transition is increasingly regarded as a promising opportunity for the economic development of rural areas. This possibility is associated with the siting and (co-)ownership of decentralized (small-scale) renewable energy facilities. The underlying productive link, however, has been taken for granted, rather than conceptually and practically cultivated. Thus, while renewable energy-based rural development has been stated as a desired by-product of energy transitions, its potential has remained largely unfulfilled. This review aims to illuminate the ambiguous interplay between renewable energy and rural development in the context of the current trajectories of the energy tran…
Inner peripheries: dealing with peripherality and marginality issues within the European policy framework
2020
Abstract : Inner Peripheries is a complex and often misinterpreted concept, as demonstrated by current scientific evidence. Such complexity derives from the intrinsic peripherality and marginality characteristics of the Inner Peripheries. Despite Inner Peripheries suffer from geographical and socio-economic disparities, their environmental, social and economic potentialities are not fully expressed, and thus can be further strengthened by both the EU Cohesion and Rural Development Policies. However, there is currently a lack of knowledge about the linkages between the Inner Peripheries and both Cohesion and Rural Development Policies, which could limit the effectiveness of planning strategi…
A long-term vision for rural areas: a case study of Sicilian farms
2023
In line with internationally defined goals of sustainable development, European agricultural policies today have a far-sighted vision for rural areas. Using a case study approach, this paper explores how receptive rural farms in Sicily are to a long-term vision of development. The study focuses on three key factors of a long-term vision, that is, digitalisation, innovation and sustainability, to examine not only whether farms have invested in these areas but also how they perceive their role in the post-pandemic era. Empirical results provide insights into the concentration of farms in the central inland areas of Sicily without any real long-term vision of development. Nevertheless, the ana…
La governance delle aree rurali: l’esperienza del GAL «Elimos»
2018
Il presente lavoro intende inserirsi in seno al dibattito scienti co sul riordino territoriale italiano. In particolare, ci si concentra sull’esperienza dei GAL (Gruppi di Azione Locale) che, seguendo l’approccio LEADER, sono chiamati a gestire e indirizzare lo sviluppo locale delle aree rurali. Questo contributo affronta, con approccio geogra co, le principali prospettive di sviluppo di un’area interna della Sicilia, individuata dal GAL Elimos, del quale si analizzerà la strategia di sviluppo locale e i risultati conseguenti. This paper aims to fit into the scientific debate on Italian territorial re-organization. This paper focuses on the case of GAL (Local Action Group): a bottom up gove…
Relational Ethnic Tourism in Sicily. Linguistic minorities and rural development.
2010
Mass tourism has contributed to the spread of English throughout the world, and to portrait local traditions and languages as archaic and folkloristic cultural traits, not a part of real life. Under globalization and the thrust to linguistic homogeneity, local minority language communities are going to weaken their cultural heritage, when conforming to English speaking mass tourists expectations. This is not, however, necessary nor unavoidable. Evidence of the contrary exists: in some cases tourism plays a fundamental role to preserve minority languages (Greathouse-Amador 2005). In the past, languages were not considered as attractors in tourist markets; they showed their potentialities to …