Urban-Rural Interactions: Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development

by Eveline van Leeuwen

Book Overview

Modern Europe has rural roots. Even today, as much as 90 per cent of Europe (EU25) consists of rural areas in which half of the population lives. While different rural areas often face different challenges, the shift from agricultural production towards a multifunctional landscape and the increasing value assigned to environmental values affect all rural areas.

The ambition to develop a more diversified rural economy, as well as the bottom-up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3790828173
• ISBN13: 9783790828177
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"