- "Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas."
Rural development is aimed at improving living conditions in rural areas. It focuses on enhancing agricultural productivity, reducing poverty, and improving access to health and education.
- "Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of land-intensive natural resources such as agriculture and forestry."
- "Changes in global production networks and increased urbanization have changed the character of rural areas."
- "Increasingly, rural tourism, niche manufacturers, and recreation have replaced resource extraction and agriculture as dominant economic drivers."
- "The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than merely creating incentives for agricultural or resource-based businesses."
- "Education, entrepreneurship, physical infrastructure, and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions."
- "Rural development is also characterized by its emphasis on locally produced economic development strategies. In contrast to urban regions, which have many similarities, rural areas are highly distinctive from one another."
- "Improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas."
- "Agriculture has been replaced as the dominant economic driver by rural tourism, niche manufacturers, and recreation."
- "Changes in global production networks and increased urbanization."
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- "Creating a broad range of development goals rather than merely creating incentives for agricultural or resource-based businesses."
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- "For this reason, there are a large variety of rural development approaches used globally."
- "Relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas."
- "Rural tourism... replaced resource extraction and agriculture as dominant economic drivers."
- "Increased urbanization has changed the character of rural areas."
- "The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals."