Sustainable development in rural territories within the last decade: a review of the state of the art

CS Roldan, GAM Giraldo, EL Santana - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Rural territories play an important role when progress is made toward a balanced regional
development; thus, an analysis is required of the components and/or factors which have …

Sustaining rural areas, rural tourism enterprises and EU development policies: A multi-layer conceptualisation of the obstacles in Greece

N Apostolopoulos, P Liargovas, S Stavroyiannis… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The main lever for the development and promotion of rural tourism in Greece has been, and
continues to be, through specific EU programmes. Rural tourism in Greece began with a …

The leader approach across the European Union: One method of rural development, many forms of implementation

O Konečný - European countryside, 2019 - sciendo.com
After the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 and the following
membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, the (neo) endogenous development method …

The “eco-effectiveness” of agritourism dynamics in Italy and Spain: A tool for evaluating regional sustainability

A Belliggiano, EC Garcia, M Labianca, FN Valverde… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rural tourism has commonly been identified as one of the main areas of application of the
principles of sustainable tourism, but the literature has typically focused solely on the …

Rural tourism as a development strategy in low-density areas: Case study in Northern Extremadura (Spain)

A Nieto Masot, N Ríos Rodríguez - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The appearance of new trends and models of tourism consumption has allowed the
proliferation of rural tourist facilities in northern Extremadura. This article analyzes the …

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism: A Clustering Approach for the Spanish Tourism Analysis

Since the middle of the last century, the Spanish tourism sector has experienced significant
growth, which was interrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation had a …

Spatial analysis of the rural-urban structure of the Spanish municipalities

A Nieto Masot, G Cardenas Alonso… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rural–urban dichotomy is one of the most debated topics by the scientific community in
territorial issues. In addition, many public entities and scientific studies have established the …

The rural development policy in Extremadura (SW Spain): Spatial location analysis of leader projects

A Nieto Masot, G Cárdenas Alonso - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Since the 1990s, a series of rural development aid programs (LEADER Approach) has been
implemented in European rural areas, including Extremadura, in order to solve the …

Principal component analysis of the leader approach (2007–2013) in south western europe (extremadura and alentejo)

A Nieto Masot, G Cárdenas Alonso, LM Costa Moreno - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the end of the last century, the Rural Development Policy and the associated Rural
Development Aid have been implemented (according to the LEADER Approach) in …

Area-based approaches are losing the essence of local targeting: LEADER/CLLD in the Czech Republic

O Konečný, Z Šilhan, M Chaloupková… - European Planning …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Since its accession to the EU, the Czech Republic has gradually strengthened its support for
area-based approaches in local development. In the light of the increasing financial support …