Sustainable development and consumer behavior in rural tourism—the importance of image and loyalty for host communities

JM López-Sanz, A Penelas-Leguía… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, rural tourism has experienced a major boom; it was once a secondary type
of tourism but has now become a significant alternative option within the Spanish economy …

Improving rural accessibility: A multilayer approach

E Vitale Brovarone, G Cotella - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rural territories are worse equipped than urban ones in terms of accessibility to services
and opportunities, due to their scattered development and peripheral character. Increasing …

Evolutionary process and mechanism of population hollowing out in rural villages in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Northern China: A case study of Yanchi County …

Q Wen, J Li, J Ding, J Wang - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The hollowing out of the rural population is one of the main reasons for declining rural areas.
Studying the hollowing out of the rural population is of great significance in promoting the …

[HTML][HTML] Proposal for a sustainable development index for rural municipalities

MC López-Penabad, A Iglesias-Casal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Depopulation is a major challenge for many rural inland areas, as is the case in a
considerable number of rural municipalities in Galicia (north-western Spain). The pandemic …

A diagnostic framework for assessing land-use change impacts on landscape pattern and character–A case-study from the Douro region, Portugal

A Medeiros, C Fernandes, JF Gonçalves… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mediterranean rural landscapes are experiencing multiple changes which imperil the
preservation of landscape pattern and character. Despite the abundance of land-use …

Spatial optimization of rural settlements based on the perspective of appropriateness–domination: A case of Xinyi City

M Lu, L Wei, D Ge, D Sun, Z Zhang, Y Lu - Habitat International, 2020 - Elsevier
Rural settlements represent rural production patterns and social culture in rural territorial
systems. This system reflects the interaction processes between human activities and the …

[HTML][HTML] A statistical and machine learning methodology to model rural depopulation risk and explore its attenuation through agricultural land use management

D Jato-Espino, F Mayor-Vitoria - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
The abandonment of rural areas has become a major demographical challenge in recent
years, especially in Spain and, more specifically, in the Valencian Community. A …

Growth and decline in rural Spain: An exploratory analysis

V Gómez Valenzuela, A Holl - European Planning Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The depopulation of rural areas in both developed and developing countries has become a
complex problem with important implications for issues of equality and sustainability. We …

Understanding trajectories of population decline across rural and urban Europe: A sequence analysis

N Newsham, F Rowe - Population, Space and Place, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Population decline is projected to become widespread in Europe, with the continental
population set to reverse its longstanding trajectory of growth within the next 5 years. This …

Estudios del despoblamiento rural en Chile: aproximaciones hacia un marco analítico desde la ecología política latinoamericana

SE Uribe-Sierra, P Mansilla-Quiñones - Revista Brasileira de Estudos …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
El objetivo de este este trabajo fue hacer una revisión documental sobre el despoblamiento
rural para ubicar sus principales antecedentes, corrientes y visiones de estudio en …