APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN A PREDOMINANTLY NON-RURAL REGION

Authors

  • Erokhin Vasily, PhD Department of Management and Marketing, Moscow University of Finance and Law, Moscow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1402291E

Keywords:

sustainable rural development, region, rural areas, urban agglomeration

Abstract

Paper aims at investigation of contemporary approaches to sustainable rural development in Russia with focus on predominantly non-rural areas, gravitationally attracted by such urban agglomerations, as Moscow. It includes the overview of current experiences in rural development, analysis of major economic and social indicators of rural areas in comparison with urban ones, characteristic of specific features of rural areas in Moscow Oblast, and elaboration of perspective ways to ensure sustainable development of those areas. Methods of benchmarking analysis, SWOT-analysis and program prognosis are implemented. The major results of the current research are discoveries of growth points for rural development and recommendations on perspective measures of state and local policies in rural areas, directed on increase of living standards of rural population and retention of labour resources in their traditional rural areas of inhabitation.

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2014-06-30

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Vasily, E. (2014). APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN A PREDOMINANTLY NON-RURAL REGION. Economics of Agriculture, 61(2), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1402291E

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