Overview
Is the first book to cover the synthesis of transformation processes on rural areas in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries
Based on the knowledge and experience of top scholars representing studied areas
The only book to deal with the spatial diversity of countryside in the CEE region
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Transformation of the Rural Space
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Demographic and Social Changes
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Development Challenges and the Future Perspectives
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About this book
This book identifies, diagnoses and evaluates social and economic processes taking place in the rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) states in the last 25 years and affecting the immediate future, with a particular focus on their spatial diversity. It addresses questions related to the rationality of the current development policy and possible results in the future. Contemporary processes of socio-economic development are typified by the fact that spatial and regional disparities are tending to increase. This unfavourable phenomenon manifested both in society and in terms of polarised space needs to be counteracted using an effective development policy.
The book highlights issues concerning demography, functional structure and non-agricultural activity, and identifies new challenges arising from membership of the European Union (EU). Accession to the EU and the opportunity to implement support measures has further increased the dynamism of transformation – a process that proceeded under various scenarios and different regulations and assumptions that have yet to be identified and evaluated. Furthermore, the current internal policies of individual CEE states concerning rural areas are diverse and likely to affect differential future development.The book is based on the knowledge and experience of scientists from countries in the region investigated, who have the best understanding of the subject matter and have observed the transformations. It is intended for researchers exploring the development of the countryside and practitioners dealing with regional and national development policies targeting rural areas.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Jerzy Bański is a full professor of Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSO PAS), Warsaw. His main research interests include: rural and agricultural geography, land use, regional policy, spatial organization and local development. Since 2008 he has been the Head of the Department of Rural Geography and Local Development at the IGSO PAS and from 2018 he is the Director of the IGSO PAS. From 2006 to 2012 was the President of the Polish Geographical Society, and from 2017 has been the Chair of the Local and Regional Development Commission of the International Geographical Union. Jerzy Bański is the author of 370 publications, including 21 books and more than 170 reviewed papers. He was the co-ordinator of 40 research projects and took part in 35 other national and international projects.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Three Decades of Transformation in the East-Central European Countryside
Editors: Jerzy Bański
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21237-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21236-0Published: 16 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21239-1Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21237-7Published: 26 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 367
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Historical Geography, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)