The European Commission's Long-term Vision for Rural Areas, published in June 2021 and
building on a previous report on the Impact of Demographic Change and a Green Paper on …

This paper analyzes the relationship between out-migration from rural areas, sustainable
regional development and the conservation of biodiversity. Urbanization is a key challenge …

The paper begins with a discussion of the concept of “shrinking”, and its origins, outside the
realm of rural development. Building on this, the paper shows the distribution of shrinking …

It is commonly stated that a large share of Finnish regions are shrinking in terms of their
population and local economy, which naturally poses challenges for balanced regional …

Population shrinkage has gained attention from academics and policymakers in recent
years, due to the long-term implications the phenomenon has for public service delivery and …

For parts of the sparsely populated areas, the trends of globalisation, urbanisation and
deindustrialisation constitute difficult circumstances. Population decline, escalating …

With the decrease in the demand for large-scale apartments as a result of an aging society
and a decrease in population, there has been an increase in vacant houses due to a supply …

Globally speaking, Asian countries, especially East Asian countries, are facing acute
national depopulation situation and severe rural shrinkage development. Based on the …

Abstract Context In Spain, fire is a tool used for management in rural landscapes but also
wildfires can play a disruptive socio-ecological role. Therefore, its spatial structure analysis …

Strategies to address the decline and marginalization of rural areas are emerging as a
central issue of European and national policies. Yet, the conceptualization of decline and …