Territorial Impact Analysis of Rural Policies: Approaches, Methods and Results from a Multidisciplinary Point of View
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 20321
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable development; sustainable development of rural areas and agriculture; multifunctional development of rural areas; entrepreneurship; non-agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas; horizontal and vertical integration in the food sector and agriculture; agri-food value chains; rural development; policy design and implementation; cohesion policies; territorial cohesion; development of peripheral and mountain areas; multi-level governance; local development projects; policy impact assessments and related methods
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Interests: rural development; rural communities; rural businesses; rural policies and the policy-making process
Interests: territorial and rural development; as Head of Unit in AEIDL, Enrique coordinates the policy direction of the thematic strands of the organisation, supports business development actions and contributes to the implementation of EU-funded projects (e.g. Horizon Europe) and technical assistance to European Institutions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rural areas have experienced important changes in recent decades, which in many cases are leading to deeper disparities with urban areas and even greater diversity within the broad range of “rural” categories. Socio-economic development processes, demographic dynamics and climate/environmental changes have increasingly diversified the geography of sustainable development. These differentiated processes have increased the need for policies and policy instruments that are more targeted to geographical differences, in order to reduce territorial disparities between the most remote rural areas and those that are more accessible. At the same time, the exploration of the territorial impacts of policies has gained increasing interest in formal policy assessment and evaluation research. Since the late 1990s, the OECD has promoted the evaluation of territorial policies. The European Union recently promoted the adoption of formal rural proofing processes in order to ensure the sufficient provision of support to rural areas experiencing socio-economic and demographic decline and to promote rural revitalisation.
This Special Issue is particularly focused on the following themes, all of which are related to exploring the appropriateness of different policy mechanisms in support of rural areas:
- What are the main methods and tools of territorial assessment within the broader range of policies addressed to rural areas?
- What are the most frequently used indicators of social inclusion, environmental sustainability (including the provision of specific environmental public goods such as biodiversity, landscape conservation, etc.), agricultural competitiveness, and diversification of rural economies? Are these indicators useful to inform policy assessment?
- What are the experiences of different countries in evaluating different policy mechanisms in support of their rural areas (including rural proofing, territorial impact assessment, etc.)?
- What evidence exists about the territorial effects of previous rural policies in differentiated socio-cultural contexts?
- Which policies and policy instruments are the most appropriate for targeting the needs of the poorest rural areas and/or hard-to-reach rural stakeholders?
Research papers providing empirical pieces of evidence on these phenomena and comparing different case studies and territorial contexts are highly encouraged. Reviews of literature on territorial impacts are also very welcome. The final aim of this Special Issue is to provide a broad panorama of the variety of solutions and experiences on rural policies worldwide in order to inform future interventions in support of rural revitalisation.
Dr. Francesco Mantino
Dr. Jane Atterton
Guest Editors
Enrique Nieto
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- rural development and regional policies for rural areas
- rural proofing
- socio-economic and climate-environmental indicators of rural development
- institutional innovations in rural policies
- impact assessment
- distribution of policy support among rural areas
- territorial disparities between rural and urban areas, analysis of the evolution over time
- econometric models for impact evaluation
- community-led local development partnerships
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