EUROPEAN RURAL AREA AND THE CONCEPT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
EUROPEAN RURAL AREA AND THE CONCEPT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

Summary/Abstract: The rural space is not a material and uniform space. Uniformity can be considered in two aspects: the first is related to physical space - topography, basement, soil and microclimate; the second refers to demography - density, polarization from small communities to large urban areas. Through this article, we propose a conceptual analysis of rural Europe from the perspective of five disciplines: historical, geographical, sociological, political and functional economic. The purpose of this conceptual analysis, in which the literature has been used, is to understand the evolution of European rural space and rural development in the context of the transformations to which it has been subjected

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