scholarly journals The soil use in rural areas

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borislav Stojkov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Water System ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Ecological Functions

The soil is becoming one of the crucial problems for the Nature and its proper functioning due to many reasons of its misusing or abusing. The market forces in agriculture are rapidly deteriorating the soil wild biodiversity and its capacity. The importance of the soil and its wild biodiversity, related to the water system and other ecological functions are presented in short outlines. Understanding the soil quality means assessing and managing soil that it functions optimally now and is not degradated for the future use. Evaluation of the soil quality in a different manner serves for agriculture embitterment and for keeping water and habitat organisms quality. Further, the instrument for soil protection policies implementation are given such as regional development planning, incentives for regional integration, social impacts oriented actions, education etc. The further soil decay will generally jeopardize the whole idea of sustainable development. Therefore it asks for more efficient understanding from decision makers, producers, but from planners as well.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-239
Author(s):  
Borislav Borissov ◽  
Anita Cucoviċ ◽  
Halit Shabani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Work Intensity ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Global Partnership

By promoting the principles of sustainable development, educating the population and employees in all sectors about the opportunities for practical implementation, it encourages people to gather and work together to design and implement sustainable development in their communities. Great importance should be given to, and as such, commented on, new orientations at the level of public policies at the global, European and national levels. Also, great attention should be paid to changes in society.Global Sustainable Development Goals should be universal and, as such, applicable in all countries and communities, across the population. Their implementation should take into account specific opportunities, conditions and opportunities in different parts of the planet. Priority areas of action need to be identified and opportunities for contributing to sustainable development considered. In this way, we become part of a global partnership that is key to achieving the goals.In order for planning and implementation to be successful, significant mobilization of resources from different sources must be ensured. It is also possible to create clear public policies at national, regional and international levels through increased development cooperation, which is mainly based on development strategies that promote the fight against poverty and gender inequality. In this way, the promotion of gender equality creates the basis for prosperous and sustainable development.Another possible policy is to raise the level of economic productivity while pursuing diversification; technological development and innovation, all through the focus of work intensity. The condition for the development of these policies or strategies is achievable with the economic, social and environmental links with urban and rural areas.

scholarly journals Planejamento estratégico do turismo rural: caminhos para o desenvolvimento sustentável no Núcleo JK na Bahia

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Melo Santos ◽  
Diogo Antonio Queiroz Gomes ◽  
Elfany Reis do Nascimento Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Community Perception ◽  
Natural Heritage

O turismo rural consiste no conjunto de atividades turísticas desenvolvidas no meio rural, comprometido com a produção agropecuária, agregando valor aos produtos e serviços, resgatando e promovendo o patrimônio cultural e natural da comunidade. O estudo objetivou desenvolver e apresentar uma proposta de planejamento estratégico do turismo rural, a ser utilizado como vetor de desenvolvimento sustentável do Núcleo Jk, Mata de São João, Bahia. O estudo pautou-se na análise das propriedades rurais no âmbito da percepção da comunidade, da sua infraestrutura e atrações turísticas para a prática do turismo rural, sugerindo ações de planejamento para a implantação da atividade turística local. A Colônia Juscelino Kubitscheck (NJK) foi fundada em 1959 com a finalidade de desenvolver a técnica agrícola e ao mesmo tempo fornecer produtos agropecuários de qualidade, como hortaliças, frutas e verduras. A metodologia utilizada possuiu abordagem qualitativa, a partir de pesquisas bibliográficas, documentais e de campo com entrevistas semiestruturadas com agricultores e representantes locais ligados ao turismo e entidades/associações de moradores, visando elucidar a importância do turismo rural para a localidade. Com a análise dos dados foi possível estabelecer um modelo para o referido planejamento estratégico, constatando a vocação e interesse da população para a implantação dessa modalidade turística. Tem-se o intuito de desenvolver o turismo sustentável, valorizando a população local como fonte inesgotável de bens culturais e integrar as empresas locais nesse processo, promovendo uma rede de solidariedade. Espera-se contribuir com a valorização do patrimônio cultural e natural enquanto fator de cidadania e recurso efetivo para desenvolvimento sustentável do Núcleo JK, inserindo-o no roteiro turístico do município de Mata de São João. Strategic planning of rural tourism: paths for sustainable development at JK Center in Bahia (Brazil) ABSTRACT Rural tourism is the set of tourist activities in rural areas engaged in agricultural production by adding value to products and services, rescuing and promoting the cultural and natural heritage of the community. The study aimed to develop and present a strategic planning proposal for rural tourism to be used as sustainable development vector in the Jk Center, Mata de São João, Bahia. The study was based on the conducting an analysis of rural properties, the community perception of its attractions for the practice of tourism and suggesting planning actions for the implementation of local tourism. Cologne Juscelino Kubitschek (NJK) was founded in 1959, with the purpose of developing the agricultural practices and at the same time provide quality agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables vegetables. The methodology it has qualitative approach, with searches literature, documentary and field through a semi-structured interview with local representatives of farmers related to tourism in the Jk center. With the analysis of the data it was possible to establish a model for strategic planning noting the vocation and public interest in the implementation of this type of tourism. The development of developing sustainable tourism, provides valuing the local population as an endless source of cultural and integrate local businesses in this process by promoting a network of solidarity. We hope to have contributed to the valorization of the cultural and natural heritage as a factor of citizenship and effective resource for sustainable development of the Center JK, inserting it in the tourist route of the municipality of Mata de São João. KEYWORDS: Local Tourism; Sustainability; Development; Planning.

scholarly journals SPACE BASED INPUTS FOR HEALTH SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN RURAL AREAS USING GIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijaya BANU ◽  
Swati UNIYAL ◽  
R. NAGARAJA
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Geospatial Techniques ◽  
Health Service Development

The use of Geospatial Techniques for quick decision making is the demand of the time. Geospatial techniques play a very important role to help decision makers, stakeholders and citizens for planning at various levels of governance. Geospatial technology is fast and accurate enough to make analysis and derive the useful results to help the decision makers in planning process. This has augmented the need for development of a model utilising the geospatial datasets to automatize the process which can aid in quick decision making for effective planning and development at village level. The objective of this research work is to build a spatial model for identifying suitable sites for hospital in rural areas. A pilot study has been carried out which aims to identify and prioritize the potential sites for hospitals/Clinic utilizing the 1:10 k scale database with the help of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Hisar, Harayana, India. This study identifies the following factors as indicators of suitability for landscape: road connectivity, demography and location of existing facilities. The evaluating process for suitable hospital/clinic sites have been carried out based on five chosen criteria including land use/cover type, road network and settlement location, proximity to existing facilities and population. The outcome of the model has been further used as input to Location-allocation tool in GIS to select the suitable location for medical and health facilities. The adopted methodology identifies the 10 new suitable sites for medical and health facilities by putting all the criteria with the actual resources of the region. The proposed approach can be effectively utilized by the Government for Health Service Development Planning in Rural areas where medical and health facilities are poor.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Action in Rural Development Planning through Rural Tourism: Ayacucho a Case Study (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Ruben Stratta Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The People ◽  
Potential Conditions

This paper explores multifunctionality in rural areas. To plan a sustainable development based on rural tourism, we performed a study about the potential conditions of the Ayacucho rural community. A methodology based on Working With People (WWP) model was applied to that end. This iniciative is supported by four principles: respect and primacy for the people, a guarantee of social well being and a sustainable development, bottom-up planning, and an endogenous approach; and also by a horizontal community engagement which allow to identify key factors for regional development and to reach consensus about priorities and future action plans.

Interference Evaluation in Ecological Protection Redline for Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-420
Author(s):  
Guoming Li ◽  
Binbin He ◽  
Liang Li ◽  
Miao Yang ◽  
Qiongyi Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Function Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Protection

The influences of ecological protection redlines on urban sustainable development can significantly vary from place to place with distinct ecological functions and human activity interference. However, recent research lacks the evaluation of ecological functions and human activity interference in ecological protection redline areas near urban areas. This article presents an evaluation method consisting of two evaluation criteria systems: an ecological function evaluation criteria system based on conserving water resources and soil and maintaining biodiversity and a human activity interference evaluation criteria system based on the human activity impact index, population and road network density, and the intensity of tourism activity and livelihood sewage discharge. This evaluation method was verified in Zoige County, China, by using remote sensing data to evaluate ecological functions and human activity interference in the ecological redline area for an urban environment. This evaluation method is one of the preliminary studies of urban sustainable development planning, and the result could provide a basis for the formulation of urban sustainable development strategy.

Development of entrepreneurship in valuable natural rural areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 753-770
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Slusarza ◽  
Marek Cierpial-Wolan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Synthetic Indicators ◽  
Linkage Method ◽  
Endogenous Potential ◽  
Urbanized Region

The values of the natural environment in the subject literature are commonly indicated as an asset conducive to development shaping the competitiveness of areas with such values. The paper attempts to assess the use of endogenous potential of such areas in shaping the multifunctional, sustainable development of rural areas that have such qualities. In particular, the aim was to check to what extent the sme sector, dominating in the economic structure of rural areas, solves the key problem of labour market imbalance and population migration in environmentally valuable areas. The area of detailed research is Podkarpacie, the Polish region considered as a peripheral, border region, the least urbanized region with the highest share of areas covered by various forms of nature protection and forestation, with one of the lowest gdp per capita indicator in the country. For the purpose of implementing the research assumptions, a taxonomic unit (using the complete linkage method) consisting of powiats with the highest concentration of features characteristic for rural areas of high natural values was separated. Synthetic indicators calculated on the basis of the Hellwig taxonomic development pattern method and a positional method using Weber's median were used to assess the diversity of entrepreneurship level. The research confirmed that the non-agricultural economic activity sector is less developed in areas of high natural value. Despite positive developments in the enterprise sector, their potential is too weak an economic base for addressing unsustainable labour market problems, as evidenced by high unemployment and a high negative migration balance. This limits the use of the endogenous potential of these areas and is not conducive to the concept of multifunctional, sustainable development. Migration poses a threat to the depopulation of these areas with all the negative consequences associated with such processes. This is a challenge for the studied areas and regional policy.

A Note On Consumption Patterns in the Rural Areas of East Pakistan

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-413
Author(s):  
Mohammad Irshad Khan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Income Elasticities ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
Made In

The main purpose of this paper is to present estimates of income elasticities for various commodity groups in East Pakistan. To date no such studies have been conducted in that province; and estimates made in other areas of the subcontinent have only limited applicability. Analysis of consumption patterns is essential for development planning because priorities and investment targets have to be based on demand forecasts for different commodities. Forecasting demand requires, among other variables, reliable estimates of income elasticities. In addition, knowledge about elasticities can be useful in deciding taxation policies and other controls over consumption. Further, in countries like Pakistan where large quantities of surplus foods are imported under the United States PL 480 programme, knowledge of income elasticities and regional patterns of consumption is important to permit effective utilization of these imports for economic development.

Renewable Energy in the East African Communitys and its Role in Sustainable Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Liudmila Kalinichenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
East African ◽  
Geothermal Resources ◽  
East African Community

The article analyses the role of renewable energy in the process of the development of the energy market of the East African Community (EAC) . The author underlines the necessity of finding solutions for such challenges as rising wood and charcoal prices, deforestation, lack of affordable and reliable electricity for a large number of consumers. The study reveals that nowadays the percentage of people with access to modern sources of energy is very low, varying from 7 % in Burundi to 36% in Kenya, although the EAC countries made significant progress in 2000s. Most people in rural areas rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating, which leads to ecological and health problems. The author concludes that renewable energy development is considered by the Community as one of the prospective ways for providing energy to remote regions in view of abundant solar, wind and geothermal resources. Their strategy aims at the construction of micro and mini hydro stations, stand-alone solar PV systems and off-grids for rural population usage. The study shows that the investment in off-grid renewables has been steadily rising in recent times . Analyzing grid-connected power generation electricity, the author elicits that it is also based on renewable electricity, which accounts for 65% of the total amount. Kenya, with the highest installed capacity in this sector, is investing mainly in geothermal, solar and wind sources of energy, while the others are focusing on hydropower and solar. For the purpose of attracting private investment, the EAC partner states adopted different regulations, including Feed-in Tariff, zero-VAT and GET FIT Programme. The author assumes that renewable energy financing is one of the main challenges despite the support of different international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, UNIDO, AfDB and others. Nowadays energy efficiency measures are becoming important instruments for the EAC countries resulted in power savings. The other important trend is increasing cooperation among them due to their grid-connected power systems in the East African Power Pool. In this context, in November 2017, the EAC Partner States adopted Energy Security Policy Framework, in order to ensure the sustainable development of their energy sector.

Integrated Assessment of Socio-Economic Development of Rural Areas, Taking into Account Differences in Population Density

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
N.N. Balashova ◽  
◽  
D.A. Korobeynikov ◽  
S.A. Popova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Typologization of rural areas, taking into account differences in population density and level of socio-economic development, is necessary to identify “growth points” and strategic sustainability benchmarks. The method of integrated assessment of the level of socio-economic development of rural territories is proposed, according to which the grouping of Russian regions is carried out. Applying data on rural population density to the results of calculations allowed us to identify 12 typological groups, in the context of which unified recommendations on sustainable development of territories should be formed.

Small Agribusiness in Ensuring Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
A.I. Chernykh ◽  
◽  
O.V. Goncharenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
National Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Peasant Farmer ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Rural settlements occupy a significant part of the territory of Russia, where about 25% of the population lives and significant natural resource potential is concentrated, but the level of their socio-economic development is significantly inferior to urban ones. Increasing depressiveness of rural areas and spatial socio-economic differentiation is a systemic problem and an obstacle to the balanced development of the national economy, reduces its competitiveness due to insufficient use of economic potential, creates challenges to the economic and national security of the state. A powerful tool for countering such trends is the formation and implementation of the potential for the development of small agribusiness, which is mainly based on households created in the form of peasant (farmer) and personal subsidiary associations. The article ana-lyzes the potential of small agribusiness development in rural areas.

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